Sonnets and Other Poems (tomik Williama Lisle’a Bowlesa)
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Sonnets and Other Poems – tomik wierszy angielskiego duchownego i poety Williama Lisle’a Bowlesa (1762–1850)[1][2][3], opublikowany w Londynie w 1898. Zbiorek zawiera sonety i inne utwory, w tym poemat Hope, an Allegorical Sketch. W zbiorze znalazł się także wiersz On Shakespeare. Sonety Bowlesa były wysoko cenione przez Samuela Taylora Coleridge’a[4]. Ten sonet realizuje schemat barnfieldowski (abba cddc effe gg[5]).
- As slow I climb the cliff's ascending side,
- Much musing on the track of terror past,
- When o'er the dark wave rode the howling blast,
- Pleas'd I look back and view the tranquil tide
- That laves the pebbled shore: and now the beam
- Of ev'ning smiles on the grey battlement,
- And yon forsaken tow'r that Time has rent:—
- The lifted oar far off with silver gleam
- Is touch'd, and hush'd is all the billowy deep!
- Sooth'd by the scene, thus on tir'd Nature's breast
- A stillness slowly steals, and kindred rest;
- While sea-sounds lull her, as she sinks to sleep,
- Like melodies which mourn upon the lyre,
- Wak'd by the breeze, and, as they mourn, expire.
- (Sonnet I. Written at Tinemouth, Northumberland. After a Tempestuous Voyage)
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Przypisy[edytuj | edytuj kod]
- ↑ William Lisle Bowles, [w:] Encyclopædia Britannica [dostęp 2017-04-17] (ang.).
- ↑ William Lisle Bowles, Poet (1762–1850). PoetryFoundation.org. [dostęp 2017-04-17]. (ang.).
- ↑ Bowles, William Lisle. encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com. [dostęp 2017-04-17]. (ang.).
- ↑ English literature - The Romantic period, [w:] Encyclopædia Britannica [dostęp 2017-04-17] (ang.).
- ↑ Michelle M. Sauer: The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry Before 1600. books.google.pl, 2008. s. 134. [dostęp 2017-04-17]. (ang.).
Bibliografia[edytuj | edytuj kod]
- William Lisle Bowles: Sonnets, and Other Poems. [w:] 1798 [on-line]. Archive.org. [dostęp 2017-04-17]. (ang.).