...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.'...

...intelligiblenass, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry," says Wordsworth, " 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 Shakspeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.'...

...rejoices in the presence of truth as our visihle friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the hreath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Seience. Emphatically may it ]xr said of the Poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, " that he looks...

...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 be said of the poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, " that he looks before and after."...

...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....

...human bemgs loin with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly compamon. 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 Shakspeare hath said of man, " that he looks before and...

...could find " an atmosphere of sensation in which to move his wings. '" " Poetry/' he said finely, " is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge. It...expression which is in the countenance of all science;" and, in his opinion, the appropriate business of poetry, her privilege and her duty, is " to treat...

...beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Yet poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...which is in the countenance of all science. If the labors of Men of Science should ever create any material revolution in our condition and in the impressions...

...beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Yet poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...which is in the countenance of all science. If the labors of Men of Science should ever create any material revolution in our condition and in the impressions...

...beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Yet poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is in tbe countenance of all science. If the labors of Men of Science should ever create any material revolution...