... on, as it were, a form of flesh and blood, the Poet will lend his divine spirit to aid the transfiguration, and will welcome the Being thus produced, as a dear and genuine inmate of the household of man. — It is not, then, to be supposed that any... The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Page 334by William Wordsworth - 1832Full view - About this book
| William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pages
...man,— It is not, then, to be supposed diat any one, who holds that sublime notion of Poetry which I have attempted to convey, will break in upon the sanctity and trutli of- his pictures by transitory and accidental ornaments, and endeavour to excite admiration... | |
| William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ballads - 1805 - 284 pages
...man. — It is not, then, to be supposed that any one, who holds that sublime notion of Poetry which I have attempted to convey, will break in upon the...I have thus far said applies to Poetry in general j but especially to those parts of composition where the Poet speaks through the mouths of his characters... | |
| Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...of man. It is not, then, to be supposed that any one, who holds that sublime notion of poetry which I have attempted to convey, will break in upon the...pictures by transitory and accidental ornaments, and endeavor to excite admiration of himself by arts, the necessity of which must manifestly depend upon... | |
| Henry Rogers - English language - 1838 - 150 pages
...had abandoned out of a wise regard to nature.* Wordsworth has also an excellent observation on this subject : — " What I have thus far said applies to poetry in general ; but especially to * His words are, — 'En-tl 5' ol iroitjTal, \4yorrfs evi]9ri, SM T^jv \Qw fooKovv iropiffaff6ai Ti^vOS... | |
| William Wordsworth - Authors' presentation copies - 1845 - 688 pages
...man. — It is not, then, to be supposed that any one, who holds that sublime notion of Poetry which I have attempted to convey, will break in upon the...depend upon the assumed meanness of his subject. What has been thus far said applies to Poetry in general ; but especially to those parts of composition... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1845 - 660 pages
...Poetry which I have attempted to convey, will break in upon the sanetity and truth of his pietures by transitory and accidental ornaments, and endeavour...manifestly depend upon the assumed meanness of his subjeet. What has been thus far said applies to Poetry in general ; but especially to those parts of... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...of man. It is not, then, to be supposed that any one, who holds that sublime notion of poetry which I have attempted to convey, will break in upon the...manifestly depend upon the assumed meanness of his subject. END OF VOL. it. C. Woodl»ll and Son, Printers, Angel Court, Skinner Street, London. NOW PUBLISHING... | |
| Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...of man. It is not, then, to be supposed that any one, who holds that sublime notion of poetry which I have attempted to convey, will break in upon the sanctity and tnith of his pictures by transitory and accidental ornaments, and endeavour to excite admiration of... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1857 - 472 pages
...man. —It is not, then, to be supposed that any one, who holds that sublime notion of Poetry which I have attempted to convey, will break in upon the...depend upon the assumed meanness of his subject. What has been thus far said applies to Poetry in general ; but especially to those parts of composition... | |
| William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 474 pages
...man. — It is not, then, to be supposed that any one, who holds that sublime notion of Poetry which I have attempted to convey, will break in upon the...depend upon the assumed meanness of his subject. What has been thus far said applies to Poetry in general ; but especially to those parts of composition... | |
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