Wordsworth to TennysonH. Frowde, Oxford University Press, 1913 |
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... poets Wordsworth had set himself the hardest task , and won the most signal victory . His hand was against every man . In the rude battle he did not shun to wound a natural ally — a forerunner , like Cowper , in the onslaught upon poetic ...
... poets Wordsworth had set himself the hardest task , and won the most signal victory . His hand was against every man . In the rude battle he did not shun to wound a natural ally — a forerunner , like Cowper , in the onslaught upon poetic ...
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... poetic gifts , extraordinary philo- sophic insight , and obstinate , indomitable courage . As necessary a property ... poet's mantle . We feel him ready to go on prophesying should the commission be renewed ; blissfully unconscious of ...
... poetic gifts , extraordinary philo- sophic insight , and obstinate , indomitable courage . As necessary a property ... poet's mantle . We feel him ready to go on prophesying should the commission be renewed ; blissfully unconscious of ...
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... Poet , would . It is not our province here to inquire whether he were primarily Poet because Philosopher , or Philosopher because Poet . For our purpose it is enough to appreciate his doctrine that Nature loves to clothe all her works ...
... Poet , would . It is not our province here to inquire whether he were primarily Poet because Philosopher , or Philosopher because Poet . For our purpose it is enough to appreciate his doctrine that Nature loves to clothe all her works ...
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... poet could not but be gay , In such a jocund company.8 Universal nature , in his creed , was designed to rejoice , and insists on rejoicing ; but no investiture with a prophet's mantle is required to qualify lovers of inspired verse to ...
... poet could not but be gay , In such a jocund company.8 Universal nature , in his creed , was designed to rejoice , and insists on rejoicing ; but no investiture with a prophet's mantle is required to qualify lovers of inspired verse to ...
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... Poet often was lost to view in the Preacher . Is it too much to assume that to it also , to the absolute identity of the man and his inspiration , the indefinable magic of the earlier poetry must be traced ! Nowhere in the English ...
... Poet often was lost to view in the Preacher . Is it too much to assume that to it also , to the absolute identity of the man and his inspiration , the indefinable magic of the earlier poetry must be traced ! Nowhere in the English ...
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