...the work of Art. Ah ! then, if mine had been the Painter's hand, To express what then I saw ; aud add the gleam, The light that never was, on sea or land, The consecration, and the Poet's dream ; I would have planted tliee, thou hoary Pile, Amid a world how different from this ! Beside a sea...

...the work of Art. Ah ! then, if mine had been the Painter's hand, To express what then I saw ; and add the gleam, The light that never was, on sea or land, The consecration, and the Poet's dream ; I would have planted thee, thou hoary Pile, Amid a world how different from this ! Beside a sea that...

...are at once an instance and an illustration, he does indeed to all thoughts and to all objects 'add the gleam. The light that never was on sea or land, The consecration and the poet's dream.' " I must add, that Wordsworth was far from being an overweening truster in his own genius. On the contrary,...

...all gentle things. Ah ! then if mine had been the painter's hand To express what then I saw; and add the gleam, The light that never was on sea or land, The consecration, and the poet's dream, — I would have planted thee, thou hoary pile, Amid a world how different from this! Beside a sea...

...all gentle things. Ah ! then if mine had been the painter's hand To express what then I saw, and add smiling Muse shall shed Her moonlight halo on thy beauteous head ; Shall swell thy heart — I would have planted thee, thou hoary pile, Amid a world how different from this ! Beside a sea...

...the sea beyond. The sacred emblem of our order dees, indeed, to all thoughts and all objects — "Add the gleam, The light that never was on sea or land, The consecration and the poet's dream." With the organization of the Crusades there sprang up a living principle that can never die — in...

...are beginning to see, art consists not in imitating but in idealising Nature. The artist must " Add the gleam, The light that never was on sea or land, The consecration and the poet's dream." Music, for instance, may be a form of emotional or passionate language, but it is not the mere imitation...

...at once an instance and an illustration, he does indeed, to all thoughts and to all objects — Add ther gifts Have followed, for such loss, I would believe, Abundant recompense. For I have The fame of Wordsworth was daily extending, as we have said, before his death. The few ridiculous or...

...day is not far distant when the painters of Italy may seek in vain for inspiration and never find " the gleam. The light that never was on sea or land, The consecration, and the poet's dream." It would be impossible to describe in these pages, even did our subject and space permit it, the varied...

...at once (as I hope to show) interpreted them, as they had never been interpreted before, and added The gleam, The light, that never was on sea or land, The consecration, and the poet's dream. Most persons are aware that Wordsworth himself wrote a " Guide through the District of the Lakes in...