...matter, for he would not think it presumptuous to incorporate philosophy in poetry. " No man," said Coleridge, " was ever yet a great poet without being at 'the same time a great philosopher." This would seem to mean that a great poet is a great philosopher, and more too....

...promises only of transitory flashes and a meteoric power; — its depth and energy of thought. No man was ever yet a great poet without being at the same...human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. In Shakespeare's Poems the creative power and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace....

...promises only of transitory flashes and a meteoric power; — its depth and energy of thought. No man was ever yet a great poet without being at the same...human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. In Shakespeare's Poems the creative power and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace....

...transitory flashes and a meteoric power; is DEPTH, . and ENERGY of THOUGHT. No man was ever yet a great ^ 5 poet, without being at the same time a profound philosopher....human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. In Shakespeare's poems the creative power and | the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace....

...promises only of transitory flashes and a meteoric power ; is DEPTH, and EXERGY of THOUGHT. No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same...human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. In Shakespeare's poems the creative power and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace....

...ransitory flashes and a meteoric power ; is DEPTH, and ENIERGY of THOUGHT. No man was ever yet a V great poet, without being at the same time a profound...human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. In Shakespeare's poems thjLcreatiie power and the intellectual energy wrestle as in a war embrace....

...inspiration of the prophets. The relation, then, of philosophy and poetry is of the closest. "No man," said Coleridge, " was ever yet a great poet without being at the same time a great philosopher." Might we not say as well that no man was ever yet a great philosopher without being...

...every scene and character it depicted." A passage from Coleridge will best dismiss the subject: "No man was ever yet a great poet, without being at the same...profound philosopher. For poetry is the blossom and fragrancy of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language. In Shakespeare's...

...return with the greatest pleasure, possesses the genuine power and claims the name of essential poetry." "Poetry is the blossom and the fragrancy of all human...human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language." "The ultimate end of criticism is much more to establish the principles of writing than to furnish...

...creator and in the most vital sense philosopher. "No man was ever yet a great poet," says Coleridge, "without being at the same time a profound philosopher....human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language." And Shelley, who read and reverenced the poets in a degree commensurate with his own intense nature,...