 | 1864 - 744 lehte
...power of poetry. This must be that which Wordsworth himself means when, in his preface, lie Bays that " poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which is in the countenance of all science." And it is "the vital soul" in the poet which penetrates into this, and reads it off for other men.... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 lehte
...till they be cradled in their graves). Defence of Poisy. — Sir PHILIP SIDNEY. POETRY. Immortality of Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which is in the countenance of all science. Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge — it is as immortal as the heart of man. If the labours... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 318 lehte
...kind which men do not willingly let die. What is the speciality of that work? He has told us that " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge,...expression which is in the countenance of all science." How far has the poet himself conformed to this high ideal ? — Wordsworth somewhere has expressed... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1865 - 316 lehte
...kind which men do not willingly let die. What is the speciality of that work? He has told us that " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge,...expression which is in the countenance of all science." How far has the poet himself conformed to this high ideal ? — Wordsworth somewhere has expressed... | |
 | 1866 - 992 lehte
...friend, in whose presence, while he joys, others joy with him. As Wordsworth has truly remarked, " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which is in the countenance of all science." Again, " Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge; it is as immortal as the heart of man." It... | |
 | Book - 1868 - 168 lehte
...benefactor ; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude : the poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly com panion. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression... | |
 | William [poetical works] Wordsworth - 1870 - 474 lehte
...benefactor; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude : the Poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as...Science. Emphatically may it be said of the Poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, ' that he looks before and after.' He is the rock of defence for human... | |
 | 1870 - 604 lehte
...which pleases by its intelligibleness, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...said of the poet, as Shakespeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.' He is the rock of defence for human nature; an upholder and preserver,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 lehte
...benefactor ; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude : the Poet, sinking a song in which alt human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as...Science. Emphatically may it be said of the Poet, as Shakspcare hath said of man, "that he looks before and after." He is the rock of defence for human... | |
 | Noah Porter - 1871 - 404 lehte
...intelligibleness, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry," says Wordsworth, " is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it...science ; emphatically may it be said of the poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.' He is the rock of defence for human nature... | |
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The Man of science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude: the Poet singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion.... 
