...intelligiblenass, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry," says Wordsworth, " is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ;...science ; emphatically may it be said of the poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.' He is the rock of defence for human nature...

...intelligibleness, its weight, its liveliness, and its emotional attractions. " Poetry," says Wordsworth, " is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge; it...science; emphatically may it be said of the poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, ' he looks before and after.' He is the rock of defence for human nature...

...rejoices in the presence of truth as our visihle friend and hourly companion. Poetry is the hreath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all Seience. Emphatically may it ]xr said of the Poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, " that he looks...

...benefactor ; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude: the poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as...in the countenance of all science. Emphatically may be said of the poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, " that he looks before and after." He is the rock...

...power of poetry." This must be that which Wordsworth himself means when, in his preface, he says that " poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which is in the countenance of all science." And it is " the vital soul " in the poet which penetrates into this, and reads it off for other men....

...could find " an atmosphere of sensation in which to move his wings. '" " Poetry/' he said finely, " is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge. It...expression which is in the countenance of all science;" and, in his opinion, the appropriate business of poetry, her privilege and her duty, is " to treat...

...he cherishes and loves it in his solitude : the poet, singing a scng in which all human bemgs loin with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly compamon. Poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression...

...beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Yet poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge...expression which is in the countenance of all science. If the labors of Men of Science should ever create any material revolution in our condition and in...

...beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion. Yet poetry is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is in tbe countenance of all science. If the labors of Men of Science should ever create any material revolution...

...; to get the kiss from her he must first give it. Wordsworth says, " Poetry is the breath and fine spirit- of all knowledge ; it is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all science/* It might be called the aromatic essence of all life. A poem is the incarnation of this aroma, the condensation...