Biographia Literaria, Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... Poem ; and secondly , of Poetry itself , in kind , and in essence . The office of philosophical disquisition consists in just dis- tinction ; while it is the privilege of the philosopher to preserve himself constantly aware , that ...
... Poem ; and secondly , of Poetry itself , in kind , and in essence . The office of philosophical disquisition consists in just dis- tinction ; while it is the privilege of the philosopher to preserve himself constantly aware , that ...
Page 448
... poems . So much for the superficial form . A difference of object and contents supplies an additional ground of ... poem is that species of com- position , which is opposed to works of science , by proposing for its immediate object ...
... poems . So much for the superficial form . A difference of object and contents supplies an additional ground of ... poem is that species of com- position , which is opposed to works of science , by proposing for its immediate object ...
Page 449
... poem , and an additional merit . But if the definition sought for be that of a legitimate poem , I an- swer , it must be one , the parts of which mutually support and explain each other ; all in their proportion harmonizing with , and ...
... poem , and an additional merit . But if the definition sought for be that of a legitimate poem , I an- swer , it must be one , the parts of which mutually support and explain each other ; all in their proportion harmonizing with , and ...
Page 450
... poem , we have still to seek for a definition of poetry . The writ- ings of Plato , and Jeremy Taylor , and Burnet's Theory of the Earth , ' furnish undeniable proofs that poetry of the highest kind may exist without metre , and even ...
... poem , we have still to seek for a definition of poetry . The writ- ings of Plato , and Jeremy Taylor , and Burnet's Theory of the Earth , ' furnish undeniable proofs that poetry of the highest kind may exist without metre , and even ...
Page 451
... poetic genius itself , which sustains and modifies the images , thoughts , and emotions of the poet's own mind . The poet , described in ideal perfection , brings the whole soul of man into activity , with the subordination of its ...
... poetic genius itself , which sustains and modifies the images , thoughts , and emotions of the poet's own mind . The poet , described in ideal perfection , brings the whole soul of man into activity , with the subordination of its ...
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Page 588 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never...
Page 498 - By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 459 - No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher.
Page 587 - 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 553 - Joyous as morning Thou art laughing and scorning ; Thou hast a nest for thy love and thy rest, And, though little troubled with sloth, Drunken Lark ! thou would'st be loth To be such a traveller as I. Happy, happy Liver, With a soul as strong as a mountain river Pouring out praise to the Almighty Giver...
Page 504 - In vain to me the smiling mornings shine, And reddening Phoebus lifts his golden fire: The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire: These ears alas! for other notes repine; A different object do these eyes require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire...
Page 457 - Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face, And from the forlorn world his visage hide, Stealing unseen to west with this disgrace...
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 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 588 - Nor man nor boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy ! Hence, in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither ; Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.