Nature in Eighteenth Century PoetryUniversity of Allahabad, 1964 - 117 pages |
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Page 50
... clouds ' , the ' dim face of night ' and ' fiery bolts ' feelings of appropriateness , for his human emotions , against the background of nature . Even if the context were ignored , vigorous touches of objective descriptions are easily ...
... clouds ' , the ' dim face of night ' and ' fiery bolts ' feelings of appropriateness , for his human emotions , against the background of nature . Even if the context were ignored , vigorous touches of objective descriptions are easily ...
Page 57
... clouds , Ocean unequal press'd , with broken tide And blind commotion heaves , while from the shore Eat into caverns by the restless wave , And frost rustling mountains , comes a voice That solemn - sounding bids the world prepare ...
... clouds , Ocean unequal press'd , with broken tide And blind commotion heaves , while from the shore Eat into caverns by the restless wave , And frost rustling mountains , comes a voice That solemn - sounding bids the world prepare ...
Page 59
... clouds that obscure the horizon . ' As Jen- ning remarks : " " the reaction of a brave man's heart against continu- ous sorrow is spoken of as the rising of a bird upon strong wings , and the souls ' renewed serenity appears as the ...
... clouds that obscure the horizon . ' As Jen- ning remarks : " " the reaction of a brave man's heart against continu- ous sorrow is spoken of as the rising of a bird upon strong wings , and the souls ' renewed serenity appears as the ...
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appear aspects of Nature atmosphere Autumn background birds blooming breathing bright Century Nature Poetry charms classical Claudian clouds convention couplet created critics David Nicol delight diction divinity Dodsley Eighteenth Century Nature Eighteenth Century poets emotion express fading Fancy favour feeling flocks flowers forests fresh genius Gilfillan green groves harmony Hildebrand Jacob hills human Ibid images imagination imitation inspiration James Thomson Joseph Warton Kensington Garden KHATTRY landscape landscape art Lansdown lastly literary literature living metaphor midst mind models Monody mood moral mountain murmurs Muse Nature's beauties Nineteenth Century o'er observation painting passion pastoral peace pleasure poems poet's poetic Pope realised Reason reflected rills romantic rose rural scenes sense shade Shenstone sincere sing smile solitude song spring stream sublime suggestions things Thomas Denton Thomas Warton Thomson thought thro tion trees verse vivid wave William Lisle Bowles William Shenstone wind wood writing