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Page 444
Ed . Agreeing as I do with these remarks in the main , I venture to observe that in
my 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 ...
Ed . Agreeing as I do with these remarks in the main , I venture to observe that in
my 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 ...
Page 446
S . C . ] 3 [ “ The observations prefixed to that portion of these Volumes which was
published many years ago , under the title of Lyrical Ballads , have so little of a
special application to the great part of the present enlarged and diversified ...
S . C . ] 3 [ “ The observations prefixed to that portion of these Volumes which was
published many years ago , under the title of Lyrical Ballads , have so little of a
special application to the great part of the present enlarged and diversified ...
Page 447
It is possible , that the object may be merely to facilitate the recollection of any
given facts or observations by artificial arrangement ; and the composition will be
a poem , merely because it is distinguished from prose by metre , or by rhyme , or
...
It is possible , that the object may be merely to facilitate the recollection of any
given facts or observations by artificial arrangement ; and the composition will be
a poem , merely because it is distinguished from prose by metre , or by rhyme , or
...
Page 454
... as I once before observed , has mistaken an intense desire of poetic reputation
for a natural poetic genius ; the love of the arbitrary end for a possession of the
peculiar means . But the sense of musical delight , with the power of producing it
...
... as I once before observed , has mistaken an intense desire of poetic reputation
for a natural poetic genius ; the love of the arbitrary end for a possession of the
peculiar means . But the sense of musical delight , with the power of producing it
...
Page 456
It has been before observed that images , however beautiful , though faithfully
copied from nature , and as accurately repre . sented in words , do not of
themselves characterize the poet . They become proofs of original genius only as
far as ...
It has been before observed that images , however beautiful , though faithfully
copied from nature , and as accurately repre . sented in words , do not of
themselves characterize the poet . They become proofs of original genius only as
far as ...
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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...
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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...
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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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