..."Preface to Lyrical Ballads," to continue by making the wish that science be transformed into poetry: "If the labours of Men of science should ever create...revolution, direct or indirect, in our condition, and in the impressions which we habitually receive," then the poet "will be ready to follow the steps...

...themselves rather than on any theoretical expositions. It should be remembered that according to Wordsworth, "poetry is the first and last of all knowledge — it is as immortal as the heart of man."12 As to analyses, they quickly come up against what Herbert Lindenberger aptly termed the continuous...

...famous Preface to the Lyrical Ballads, Wordsworth is at some pains to reconcile science and poetry: "If the labours of Men of science should ever create any material revolution ..., the Poet will be at [their] side, carrying sensation into the midst of the objects of science...

...will? In the past, science and technology were loudly hailed by the poets. In 1805 Wordsworth wrote: If the labours of men of science should ever create...revolution, direct or indirect, in our condition, and in the impressions which we habitually receive, the Poet will sleep no more than at present; he...

...the noble Dead" (Prelude, xt.3935). Its voice is poetry. "Poetry is the breath and finer spirit. . .Poetry is the first and last[,] of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man," is his expression in the preface to Lyrical Ballads (Prose, I, 141). These are sentiments just short...

...his notion of poetry with modern science, and it is the concept of revolution that supplies the link: If the labours of Men of Science should ever create any material revolution ... in our condition, . . . the Poet will sleep then no more than at present, but he will be ready...

...guides, yet he will follow wheresoever he can find an atmosphere of sensation in which to move his wings. Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it...revolution, direct or indirect, in our condition, and in the impressions which we habitually receive, the Poet will sleep then no more than at present,...

...poetry encompasses science, that poetry is "the first and last of all knowledge."8 But, he continues, If the labours of men of science should ever create...revolution, direct or indirect, in our condition, and in the impressions which we habitually receive, the poet will sleep then no more than at present,...

...future which might see a possible healing of the divorce without the loss of beauty: If the labours of science should ever create any material revolution, direct or indirect, in our condition, and in the impressions which we habitually receive, the poet will sleep then no more than at present,...

...Ballads, where he claims that "poetry is the first and last of all knowledge." He then turns to science: "If the labours of Men of science should ever create any material revolution . . . the Poet . . . will be ready to follow the steps of the Man of science, not only in diose general...