Idyls

Their pastoral poems were called Idyls, from their pictorial and descriptive character, that is, little pictures of common life, a name for which the later writers have sometimes substituted the term Eclogues, that is, _selections_, which is applicable to any short poem, whether complete and original, or appearing as an extract.

Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

In our own day the "Idyls" of Tennyson have made the legends of Arthur a part of our common thought, and the Knights of the Round Table familiar in almost every household.

A History of English Prose Fiction Bayard Tuckerman

In 1864 he visited the South Sea Islands and from there wrote his "Idyls" — letters which he sent to a friend who had them published in book form.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

He also wrote a few fugitive poems, but his fame mainly rests on his "Idyls", which appeared in 1614.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Its appeal is conditioned upon an understanding of the basis of drama and emotional crisis upon which the musician has built; and in much of his music he has frankly recognized this fact, and has printed at the beginning of such works as the "Idyls" and "Poems" after Goethe and Heine, the

Edward MacDowell Lawrence Gilman 1908

Tennyson's "Idyls" will keep his fame alive, and Lowell's Sir Launfal, which tells of the search for the

The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Various 1888

"Idyls," or scenes of rural life, and his songful dialogues, with their fine description and delightful humor.

Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Charles Morris 1877

Gessner (1730-1787), who gained a great reputation for his "Idyls," which are distinguished by freshness of thought and grace and eloquence of style.

Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

'Idyls' aloud to her in English, "he said, rather shyly.

The Maids of Paradise 1899

Compare the entire poem with one of Tennyson's Arthurian "Idyls," or even with Matthew Arnold's not over-prosperous "Tristram and Iseult," or with any of the stories in "The

A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century 1886