...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....

...power of poetry. This must be that which Wordsworth himself means when, in his preface, he says 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....

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...expression which is in the countenance of all science. Wordsworth. THE GRAVE. 'T'HERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found : They...

...knowledge of the one cleaves to us as a necessary part of our existence, our natural and unalienable inheritance ; the other is a personal and individual...expression which is in the countenance of all Science. Emphatically may it be said of the Poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, ' that he looks before and...

...which pleases by its intelligibleness, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which. is in the countenance of all science ; emphatically may it be said of the poet, as Shakespeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.'...

...unknown 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...expression which is in the countenance of all Science. Emphatically may it be said of the Poet, as Shakspcare hath said of man, "that he looks before and...

...intelligibleness, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry," says Wordsworth, " is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it...expression which is in the countenance of all science ; emphatically may it be said of the poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.'...