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Page 442
... mind's attention to the lethargy of custom , and directing it to the loveliness and won- ders of the world before us ; an inexhaustible treasure , but for which , in consequence of the film of familiarity and selfish soli- citude , we ...
... mind's attention to the lethargy of custom , and directing it to the loveliness and won- ders of the world before us ; an inexhaustible treasure , but for which , in consequence of the film of familiarity and selfish soli- citude , we ...
Page 444
... mind they ascribe too much influence upon the early fate of Mr. W.'s poems to the E. Review . That those poems were not generally admired from the first , was , in my opinion , their own fault , that is to say , arose principally from ...
... mind they ascribe too much influence upon the early fate of Mr. W.'s poems to the E. Review . That those poems were not generally admired from the first , was , in my opinion , their own fault , that is to say , arose principally from ...
Page 445
... mind , that these bold utterances will move them not at all , or only with a pleasurable excitement . Again , the ... minds that have been dwelling in caves under the earth during the last quarter of a century , they may suppose that ...
... mind , that these bold utterances will move them not at all , or only with a pleasurable excitement . Again , the ... minds that have been dwelling in caves under the earth during the last quarter of a century , they may suppose that ...
Page 446
... minds ; and their admi- ration ( inflamed perhaps in some degree by opposition ) was dis- tinguished by its intensity ... mind of the age in relation to poetry . The laughter of thirty years ago must have been chiefly produced by a sense ...
... minds ; and their admi- ration ( inflamed perhaps in some degree by opposition ) was dis- tinguished by its intensity ... mind of the age in relation to poetry . The laughter of thirty years ago must have been chiefly produced by a sense ...
Page 449
... mind excited by the attractions of the journey itself . Like the motion of a serpent , which the Egyptians made the emblem of intellectual power ; or like the path of sound through the air ; at every step he pauses and half recedes ...
... mind excited by the attractions of the journey itself . Like the motion of a serpent , which the Egyptians made the emblem of intellectual power ; or like the path of sound through the air ; at every step he pauses and half recedes ...
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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...