 ... the most polished remains of antiquity. They are, indeed, all beauty, all enchantment. He steals us so insensibly along with him, that we sympathize even in his excesses. In his amatory odes there is a delicacy of compliment not to be found in any...  Kleine schriften - Seite 361von Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker - 1845Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel M. Kennedy - 1867 - 530 Seiten
...all beauty, all enchantment. In his amatory odes (which Moore has translated) there is a delicacy of compliment not to be found in any other ancient poet. His descriptions are warm ; but the warmth is in the ideas, not the words. He is sportive without being wanton, and ardent without... | |
 | Alexander Baumgartner - 1902 - 634 Seiten
...2öne an. 1 „They are all beauty, all enchantment. — In his amatory odes there is a delicacy of compliment not to be found in any other ancient poet. — His descriptions are warm ; but the warmth is in the ideas , not in the words. He is sportive without being wanton and ardent... | |
 | 1903 - 1272 Seiten
...along with him that we sympathize even in his excesses. In his amatory odes there is a delicacy of compliment not to be found in any other ancient poet. * * * His descriptions are warm ; he is sportive without being wanton ; and ardent without being licentious. His poetic invention is... | |
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