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Page 449
The philosophic critics of all ages coincide with the ultimate judgment of all
countries , in equally denying the praises of a just poem , on the one hand , to a
series of striking lines or distiches , each of which , absorbing the whole attention
of the ...
The philosophic critics of all ages coincide with the ultimate judgment of all
countries , in equally denying the praises of a just poem , on the one hand , to a
series of striking lines or distiches , each of which , absorbing the whole attention
of the ...
Page 457
But with a small alteration of rhythm , the same words would be equally in their
place in a book of topography , or in a descriptive tour . The same image will rise
into a semblance of poetry if thus conveyed : Yon row of bleak and visionary
pines ...
But with a small alteration of rhythm , the same words would be equally in their
place in a book of topography , or in a descriptive tour . The same image will rise
into a semblance of poetry if thus conveyed : Yon row of bleak and visionary
pines ...
Page 465
But it is equally true , that this recurrence to plain sense and genuine mother
English is far from being general ; and that the composition of our novels ,
magazines , public harangues , and the like , is commonly as trivial in thought ,
and yet ...
But it is equally true , that this recurrence to plain sense and genuine mother
English is far from being general ; and that the composition of our novels ,
magazines , public harangues , and the like , is commonly as trivial in thought ,
and yet ...
Page 475
It is possible , that with these principles others may have been blended , which
are not equally evident ; and some which are unsteady and subvertible from the
narrowness or imperfection of their basis . But it is more than possible , that these
...
It is possible , that with these principles others may have been blended , which
are not equally evident ; and some which are unsteady and subvertible from the
narrowness or imperfection of their basis . But it is more than possible , that these
...
Page 485
This will become still clearer , if we add the consider # tion — ( equally important
though less obvious ) — that the rustic , from the more imperfect development of
his faculties , and from the lower state of their cultivation , aims almost solely to ...
This will become still clearer , if we add the consider # tion — ( equally important
though less obvious ) — that the rustic , from the more imperfect development of
his faculties , and from the lower state of their cultivation , aims almost solely to ...
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Page 582 - Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise; But for those obstinate questionings Of sense and outward things, Fallings from us, vanishings; Blank misgivings of a Creature Moving about in worlds not realized. High instincts before which our mortal Nature Did tremble like a guilty thing surprised...
Page 734 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome!
Page 581 - Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering in his breast: Not for these I raise The song of thanks and praise...
Page 555 - Oh ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine ; Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse...
Page 443 - I hoped, might be of some use to ascertain, how far, by fitting to metrical arrangement a selection of the real language of men in a state of vivid sensation...
Page 451 - What is poetry? — is so nearly the same question with, what is a poet? — that the answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other.
Page 520 - Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky; The dew shall weep thy fall tonight, For thou must die.
Page 442 - ... things of every day, and to excite a feeling analogous to the supernatural, by awakening the mind's attention from the lethargy of custom, and directing it to the loveliness and the wonders of the world before us; an inexhaustible treasure, but for which, in consequence of the film of familiarity and selfish solicitude, we have eyes, yet see not, ears that hear not, and hearts that neither feel nor understand.
Page 580 - Upon whose grassless floor of red-brown hue, By sheddings from the pining umbrage tinged Perennially — beneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal purpose decked With unrejoicing berries — ghostly Shapes May meet at noontide; Fear and trembling Hope, Silence and Foresight; Death the Skeleton And Time the Shadow ; — there to celebrate, As in a natural temple scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone, United worship ; or in mute repose To lie, and listen to the mountain flood...
Page 530 - Scot,' exclaims the lance — Bear me to the heart of France, Is the longing of the Shield — Tell thy name, thou trembling Field ; Field of Death, where'er thou be, Groan thou with our victory ! Happy day, and mighty hour, When our Shepherd, in his power, Mailed and horsed, with lance and sword, To his ancestors restored, Like a re-appearing Star, Like a glory from afar, First shall head the flock of war...
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| Title | Biographia literaria; or, Biographical sketches of my literary life and opinions, Volume 2 Biographia literaria; or, Biographical sketches of my literary life and opinions, Samuel Taylor Coleridge Putnam's choice libr Wiley & Putnam's library of choice reading |
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| Editor | Henry Nelson Coleridge |
| Publisher | Putnam, 1848 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 804 pages |
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