The Prelude to Poetry: The English Poets in the Defence and Praise of Their Own Art, Volume 10Ernest Rhys J.M. Dent & Company, 1897 - 217 pages |
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Page 122
... moral feelings , I cannot content myself with these detached remarks . And if , in what I am about to say , it shall appear to some that my labour is unnecessary , and that I am like a man fighting . a battle without enemies , I would ...
... moral feelings , I cannot content myself with these detached remarks . And if , in what I am about to say , it shall appear to some that my labour is unnecessary , and that I am like a man fighting . a battle without enemies , I would ...
Page 137
... moral feelings . It would not have been a useless employment to have applied this principle to the consideration of metre , and to have shown that metre is hence enabled to afford much pleasure , and to have pointed out in what manner ...
... moral feelings . It would not have been a useless employment to have applied this principle to the consideration of metre , and to have shown that metre is hence enabled to afford much pleasure , and to have pointed out in what manner ...
Page 144
... moral relations . From what has been said , and from a perusal of the Poems , the Reader will be able clearly to perceive the object which I have proposed to myself : he will determine how far I have 144 The Prelude to Poetry .
... moral relations . From what has been said , and from a perusal of the Poems , the Reader will be able clearly to perceive the object which I have proposed to myself : he will determine how far I have 144 The Prelude to Poetry .
Page 159
... moral or intellectual , ought to be the ultimate end , yet this will distinguish the character of the author , not the class to which the work belongs . Blest indeed is that state of society , in which the immediate purpose would be ...
... moral or intellectual , ought to be the ultimate end , yet this will distinguish the character of the author , not the class to which the work belongs . Blest indeed is that state of society , in which the immediate purpose would be ...
Page 179
... morals is love ; or a going out of our nature , and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought , action , or person , not our own . A man , to be greatly good , must imagine intensely and comprehensively ...
... morals is love ; or a going out of our nature , and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought , action , or person , not our own . A man , to be greatly good , must imagine intensely and comprehensively ...
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abuse action admiration Aeneas ancient Aristotle beauty beleeve Ben Jonson called cause Cicero composition conceive CUDDIE Dante defence delight divine dooth doth dramatic effect Ennius Euripides evil excellent excite expression eyther faculty farre fayned feelings Greekes harmony hath highest Historian Homer human imagination imitation indeede kind knowledge language learning less Lucretius lyric poetry Lyrical Ballads maketh matter metre metrical Milton mind mooved moral Muses naturall nature never object Orlando Furioso passage passions perfect Petrarch Philosopher Plato pleasure Plutarch poems Poesie Poet poetic diction Poetic Principle poeticall prayse produced prose Reader reason ryme sayd sayth Science selfe sense shew sith song soul speak spirit stanza Statius teach teacheth Theocritus theyr things thou thought tion Tragedies true truely truth verse vertue Virgil words Wordsworth worthy write Xenophon
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Page 155 - ... to give the charm of novelty to 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 150 - Religion ! what treasure untold Resides in that heavenly word ! More precious than silver and gold, Or all that this earth can afford : But the sound of the church-going bell These valleys and rocks never heard, Never sighed at the sound of a knell, Or smiled when a Sabbath appeared.
Page 175 - ... and rhythmical, and contain in themselves the elements of verse; being the echo of the eternal music. Nor are those supreme poets, who have employed traditional forms of rhythm on account of the form and action of their subjects, less capable of perceiving and teaching the truth of things, than those who have omitted that form. Shakespeare, Dante, and Milton (to confine ourselves to modern writers) are philosophers of the very loftiest power.
Page 39 - ... cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well-enchanting skill of music; and with a tale, forsooth, he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play and old men from the chimney corner...
Page 129 - ... and things violently destroyed ; the Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as it is spread over the whole earth, and over all time. The objects of the Poet's thoughts are everywhere...
Page 199 - His very words are instinct with spirit; each is as a spark, a burning atom of inextinguishable thought; and many yet lie covered in the ashes of their birth, and pregnant with a lightning which has yet found no conductor.
Page 121 - Poetry " (though against my own judgment) as opposed to the word Prose, and synonymous with metrical composition. But much confusion has been introduced into criticism by this contradistinction of Poetry and Prose, instead of the more philosophical one of Poetry and Matter of Fact, or Science.
Page 108 - And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame...
Page 122 - ... if the Poet's subject be judiciously chosen, it will naturally, and upon fit occasion, lead him to passions the language of which, if selected truly and judiciously, must necessarily be dignified and variegated, and alive with 275 metaphors and figures.
Page 173 - The practice is indeed convenient and popular, and to be preferred especially in such composition as includes much action : but every great poet must inevitably innovate upon the example of his predecessors in the exact structure of his peculiar versification. The distinction between poets and prose writers is a vulgar error.