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... poets ; the reverse is more near the truth . Similarly , the study of schools and movements is a useful aid to the appreciation of the poet's work , but never a substitute for the poetry it- self , which , if it be genuine art , rises ...
... poets ; the reverse is more near the truth . Similarly , the study of schools and movements is a useful aid to the appreciation of the poet's work , but never a substitute for the poetry it- self , which , if it be genuine art , rises ...
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... poet of Niagara , " so named for an inspirational outburst that rivals the verses of the Cuban Heredia to the same handi- work of Nature ) and Heine , rendered into Spanish by the same poet . The transitional period reveals ...
... poet of Niagara , " so named for an inspirational outburst that rivals the verses of the Cuban Heredia to the same handi- work of Nature ) and Heine , rendered into Spanish by the same poet . The transitional period reveals ...
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... poets , even as has been ob- scured its contribution of three centuries ago . Not only to Gutiérrez Nájera , to Amado ... poet that has , in the minds of many , taken his place , Santos Chocano of Peru . Nor is the position of the latter ...
... poets , even as has been ob- scured its contribution of three centuries ago . Not only to Gutiérrez Nájera , to Amado ... poet that has , in the minds of many , taken his place , Santos Chocano of Peru . Nor is the position of the latter ...
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... poet's commentators suggests , the taste of the child may have been influential in keeping the dramas from attempting success upon the stage . Both by racial surroundings and parental influence , then , Gutiérrez Nájera seemed destined ...
... poet's commentators suggests , the taste of the child may have been influential in keeping the dramas from attempting success upon the stage . Both by racial surroundings and parental influence , then , Gutiérrez Nájera seemed destined ...
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... poet . " How , " asks Urbina , “ could Manuel , without having attended the official places of learn- ing , have thus early learned French ? The reason is that ever since the invasion of the soldiers of Napoleon III , Mexico experienced ...
... poet . " How , " asks Urbina , “ could Manuel , without having attended the official places of learn- ing , have thus early learned French ? The reason is that ever since the invasion of the soldiers of Napoleon III , Mexico experienced ...
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Page 227 - It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion ; it is easy in solitude to live after our own ; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.
Page 93 - The thing which hath been, it is that which shall be ; and that which is done, is that which shall be done ; and there is no new thing under the sun.
Page 163 - ¡Juventud, divino tesoro; ya te vas para no volver ! . . . Cuando quiero llorar, no lloro, ya veces lloro sin querer...
Page 9 - Car nous voulons la Nuance encor, Pas la couleur, rien que la nuance!
Page 64 - Una noche, una noche toda llena de murmullos, de perfumes y de músicas de alas; una noche en que ardían en la sombra nupcial y húmeda las luciérnagas fantásticas, a mi lado lentamente, contra mí ceñida toda, muda y pálida, como si un presentimiento de amarguras infinitas...
Page 182 - ... as the case may be (if, indeed, I do not transcend the creature), but which, anyhow, is all that can ever come within my knowledge of his soul. The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.
Page 158 - ÍNCLITAS razas ubérrimas, sangre de Hispania fecunda, espíritus fraternos, luminosas almas, ¡salve! Porque llega el momento en que habrán de cantar nuevos himnos lenguas de gloria. Un vasto rumor llena los ámbitos; mágicas ondas de vida van renaciendo de pronto...
Page 167 - Un gran vuelo de cuervos mancha el azul celeste. Un soplo milenario trae amagos de peste. Se asesinan los hombres en el extremo Este. ¿Ha nacido el apocalíptico Anticristo? Se han sabido presagios y prodigios se han visto y parece inminente el retorno de Cristo.
Page 30 - Mi duquesita, la que me adora, No tiene humos de gran señora: Es la griseta de Paul de Kock. No baila Boston, y desconoce De las carreras el alto goce, Y los placeres del five o'clock.
Page 154 - En mi jardín se vio una estatua bella; se juzgó mármol y era carne viva; un alma joven habitaba en ella, sentimental, sensible, sensitiva.