Man of science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude: the Poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry... The New-York Review - Seite 17herausgegeben von - 1839Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 Seiten
...poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the...hath said of man, " that he looks before and after." He is the rock of defence of human nature ; an upholder and preserver, carrying every where with him... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1832 - 378 Seiten
...consequent utility, are incalculably greater than those which are to be encountered by VOL. III. Z the Poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, " that he looks before and after." He is the rock of defence of human nature ; an upholder and preserver, carrying every where with him... | |
| 1836 - 532 Seiten
...rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly cotnpnnion. Poetry is the hreath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it is the impassioned...is in the countenance of all science. Emphatically tuny it be said of the Poet, ns Shakspeare hath said of man, ' that he looks before and after.' He... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1836 - 368 Seiten
...rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the breat!i and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned...hath said of man, ' that he looks before and after.' He is the rock of defence for human nature ; an upholder and preserver, carrying every where with him... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1836 - 536 Seiten
...poet, singing a song in which all human 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—it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all science. Emphatically... | |
| 1840 - 528 Seiten
...poetry of this class that Mr. Wordsworth refers when he says, with an exquisite felicity of language, " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the empassioned expression which is in the countenance of all science." It is in this class of poetry too,... | |
| Margaret Lawrence Jones - 1841 - 132 Seiten
...Poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the...finer spirit* of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned * It is interesting to compare a passage in the same Preface where Mr. Wordsworth speaks of poetry... | |
| 1842 - 610 Seiten
...Poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the...hath said of man, ' that he looks before and after.' He is the rock of defence of human nature ; an upholder and preserver, carrying everywhere with him... | |
| 1843 - 592 Seiten
...CITY OF LONDON MAGAZINE. VOL. I. JANUARY, 18J3. No. IV. STRAY THOUGHTS ON POETS AND POETRY— No. 1. " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which is in the countenance of all science." — WORDSWOBTH. THIS is a beautiful world that we dwell in — but how few are they who know it. To... | |
| 1857 - 602 Seiten
...Poetry," says Wordsworth — and we shall venture to include within the term the arts in general — " poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge,...expression which is in the countenance of all science." " Every great poet," he likewise maintains, and therefore we would say, every great poet-artist, "... | |
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