...which men express their purposes in prose. But he says also, much to the same effect as Cervantes, that " poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all...expression, which is in the countenance of all science :" and that the poet's subjects " will naturally, and on fit occasion, lead him to passions, the language...

...more dependant on fugitive causes." According to Wordsworth, who must be admitted as a judge, " It is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ;...expression which is in the countenance of all science." You are doubtless ready to pronounce a well-disciplined literary taste, as worth the labour of acquisition....

...Discourse, p. 40. Such poetry as this is indeed what Wordsworth declared true poetry to be — the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge, the impassioned...expression which is in the countenance of all science.* All that can thus be gained by the imagination from true science, the imagination may appropriate and vivify...

..." it is to the poetical literature of an age that we must in general look for the most perfect and most adequate interpretation of that age ; " or whether...that without study we shall know but little about it. Now suppose, to revert to my first position, that * Advancement of Learning, B. II. 4. 2. t Wordsworth's...

..." it is to the poetical literature of an age that we must in general look for the most perfect and most adequate interpretation of that age ; " or whether...expression which is in the countenance of all science," f — all I am concerned to say here is, that Poetry is that branch of the Literature of Power pre-eminently...

...Full, oh! too f nil!" Such poetry as this is indeed what Wordsworth declared true poetry to be — the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge, the impassioned...which is in -the countenance of all science.* All that can thus be gained by the imagination from true science, the imagination may appropriate and vivify...

...that 'it is to the'poetical literature of an age that we must in general look for the most perfect and most adequate interpretation of that age;' or whether...countenance of -all science ' — all I am concerned to say_ here is, that poetry is that branch of the literature of power pre-eminently worthy of study,...

...widely effective mode of saying things." Or, as one of the greatest poets of modern times has said, "poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge,...expression which is in the countenance of all science." Yes, it is all these things and more. No definition can compass its full meaning and worth; and this,...

...use of language natural to us in a state of excitement.' Wordsworth styles it 'the breath and fine spirit of all knowledge, the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all science.' ' Poetry,' says Voltaire, ' is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.'...

...poetry which I have met with, that of Wordsworth will best bear repetition and looking into earnestly. " Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge,...expression which is in the countenance of all science." The body of knowledge and of science is not necessary to our appreciation of this spirit and admiration...