 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 pages
...of the kind which men do not willingly let die. What is the speciality of that work? He has told us that " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all...expression which is in the countenance of all science." How far has the poet himself conformed to this high ideal ? — Wordsworth somewhere has expressed... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1865 - 316 pages
...of the kind which men do not willingly let die. What is the speciality of that work? He has told us that " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all...expression which is in the countenance of all science." How far has the poet himself conformed to this high ideal ? — Wordsworth somewhere has expressed... | |
 | 1866 - 992 pages
...friend, in whose presence, while he joys, others joy with him. As Wordsworth has truly remarked, " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which is in the countenance of all science." Again, " Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge; it is as immortal as the heart of man." It... | |
 | Book - English literature - 1868 - 168 pages
...beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly com panion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which is in the countenance of all science. Wordsworth. THE GRAVE. 'T'HERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found : They... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 474 pages
...beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge;...expression which is in the countenance of all Science. Emphatically may it be said of the Poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, ' that he looks before and... | |
 | Theology - 1870 - 604 pages
...which pleases by its intelligibleness, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which. is in the countenance of all science ; emphatically may it be said of the poet, as Shakespeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.'... | |
 | William Wordsworth - Superexlibris - 1871 - 630 pages
...beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which is in the countenance of all Science. Emphatically may it be said of the Poet, as Shakspcare hath said of man, "that he looks before and... | |
 | Noah Porter - Books and reading - 1871 - 408 pages
...intelligiblenass, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry," says Wordsworth, " is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ;...expression which is in the countenance of all science ; emphatically may it be said of the poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.'... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 404 pages
...intelligibleness, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry," says Wordsworth, " is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it...expression which is in the countenance of all science ; emphatically may it be said of the poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.'... | |
 | Noah Porter - Bibliography - 1871 - 406 pages
...intelligibleness, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry," says Wordsworth, " is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it...expression which is in the countenance of all science; emphatically may it be said of the poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.'... | |
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Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Science. 
