Crochallan came: The old cock'd hat, the brown surtout the same, His grisly beard just bristling in its might ('Twas four long nights and days to shaving-night): His uncomb'd, hoary locks, wild-staring, thatch'd A head for thought profound and clear unmatch'd; Yet, tho his caustic wit was biting rude, His heart was warm, benevolent, and good.
I was fortunate enough to work with him on music ranging from Mozart to MacMillan, including both my Covent Garden debut and ROH's last incarnation of the eternal Zauberflöte, and, although the sparkling, rejuvenating energy he brought to each, even into his 80s, may have now departed, all of those pieces will for me be haunted forever by his warm, benevolent spirit.
Balanced 9 energy: artistic, philanthropic, affectionate, creative, forgiving, passionate, benevolent, warm, tolerant, sentimental, loving, liberal, generous, enthusiastic, trustworthy, hospitable, humane.
Otherwise, you won't need Ecstasy or any other of those fashionable drugs said to generate warm, fuzzy and benevolent feelings.
It's precisely because an artist such as Renoir pushes his emotions and fantasies to their ultimate extreme and reconceives the world in their image that their aesthetic dictates take on, despite warm-hearted and benevolent humanism, a tyrannical and terrifying cast.
For Tony Blair and his supporters, comparisons with the second world war summon up warm memories of a triumphant and thoroughly benevolent transatlantic armed alliance: "Let it roll on full flood, inexorable, irresistible, benignant," as Winston Churchill put it.
But I never fully warmed up to being a dictator -- benevolent or otherwise.
They need a warm day, clear skies, a full moon, a benevolent wind.
Paul, the craggy, caring healer, has serious family problems, while his mentor, Gina, wise and warm as cocoa and cinnamon toast, is not as benevolent as she seems.
The popular image of him as warm, wise and kindly was absolutely true but he was never just a benevolent uncle.
It may too have been the table-side wine that made me feel all warm and fuzzy, but visiting this local independent movie theater made me feel as benevolent as supporting the farmer's market.
