 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1798 - 240 pages
...charge than which none could be more painful to him, except perhaps that of having ridiculed his Bible. Poet, who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretch'd his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell By sun or moonlight, to the influxes Of shapes... | |
 | Books - 1799 - 618 pages
...Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First nam'd these notes a melancholy strain ; And many a poet echoes the conceit, Poet, who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretch'd his limb* * " Moil musical, most melaacbolj ." This passage in Miltoit poetesses an excellence... | |
 | 1799 - 614 pages
...Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First nam'd these notes a melancholy strain ; .And manya poet echoes the conceit, Poet, who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretch'd his limbs * " Most musical, most melancholy." This passage in Milton possesses an excellence... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 282 pages
...charge than which none could be more painful to him, except perhaps that of having ridiculed hi» Bible. When he had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell By sun or moon-light, to the influxes Of shapes and sounds and shifting elements Surrendering his whole spirit,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 356 pages
...Of his own sorrows) he, and such as he, First nam'd these notes a melancholy strain; And many a poet echoes the conceit; Poet, who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretch'd his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moonlight, to the influxes Of shapes... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1802 - 280 pages
...which none could be more painful to him, except perhaps that of having ridiculed his Bible. When lie had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell By sun or moon-light, to the influxes Of shapes and sounds and shifting elements Surrendering his whole spirit,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1805 - 284 pages
...could be more painful to him, except, perhaps, that of having ridiculed his Bible. And many a poet echoes the conceit ; Poet, who hath been building...limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell By sun- or moon-light, to the influxes Of shapes and sounds and shifting elements Surrendering his •whole spirit,... | |
 | William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Ballads - 1805 - 284 pages
...could be more painful to him, except, perhaps, that of having ridiculed his Bible. And many a poet echoes the conceit ; Poet, who hath been building...far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest- dell By sun- or moon-light, to the influxes Of shapes and sounds and shifting elements Surrendering... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 330 pages
...Of his own sorrow) he, and such as he, First named these notes a melancholy strain : And many a poet echoes the conceit; Poet who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretch'd his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By Sun or Moon-light, to the influxes Of shapes... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...Of his own sorrows) he and such as he First named these notes a melancholy strain : And many a poet echoes the conceit ; Poet, who hath been building...limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell By sun or moonlight, to the influxes Of shapes and sounds and shifting elements Surrendering his whole spirit,... | |
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Or slow distemper, or neglected love, (And so, poor wretch! filled all things with himself, And made all gentle sounds tell back the tale Of his own sorrow) he, and such as he, First named these notes a melancholy strain. And many a poet echoes the conceit;... 
