| William Wordsworth - 1814 - 476 pages
...to rejoice In the plain presence of his dignity ! Oh ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; Men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the...season of their youth It was denied them to acquire, through lack Of culture and the inspiring aid of books, Or haply by a temper too severe, Or a nice... | |
| 1815 - 394 pages
...of talents uncultured, and of genius unrevealed : " Oh many are the poets that are sown By nature ; men endowed with highest gifts The vision and the...season of their youth It was denied them to acquire, thro' lack . . Of culture and the inspiring aid of books, Or haply by a temper too severe , , . Qr... | |
| 1826 - 952 pages
...perfectly willing to exclaim with Mr Wordsworth, — "Oh! many are the poets that are sown By nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the...faculty divine, Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse !" The want of the accomplishment of verse imposes a necessity on us of writing in prose — but it... | |
| 1826 - 1004 pages
...perfectly willing to esdaim with Mr Wordsworth,— " Oh ! many are the poets that are sown By nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine, Yet winning the accomplishment of verse!" The want of the accomplishment of verse imposes a necessity on... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1827 - 456 pages
...In the plain presence of his dignity ! Oh ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; Men endowd with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine,...season of their youth, It was denied them to acquire, through lack Of culture and the inspiring aid of books, Or haply by a temper too severe, Or a nice... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1828 - 372 pages
...Poets that are sown By Jiaiure ; Men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine, Yel wanting the accomplishment of Verse Which, in the docile season of their youth, . li was denied them to acquire, through lack <f culture and the inspiring aid of books, Or haply by... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...and Thine! [from The Excursion.] UNDEVELOPED GEA'IUS. OH, many are the poets that are sown By Nature! men endowed with highest gifts — The vision, and...season of their youth It was denied them to acquire, through lack Of culture and the inspiring aid of books; Or haply by a temper too severe; Or a nice... | |
| James Davis Knowles - 1834 - 448 pages
...of his prose works. He was one of those poets mentioned by Wordsworth, " That are sown By nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the...divine, Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse." His writings, in short, like those of all great minds, are a reflection of his own character, and are... | |
| 1836 - 808 pages
...— in 1 1 ii- schools whither it is relegated. " Oh ! many are the poets that are sown By nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty divine ; Yet, wanting tbeaccompliahment of verse, Go to the grave unthought of,"— exclaims Wordsworth — and, after him,... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...In the plain presence of his dignity ! О ! many are the poets that are sown By nature; men endow 'd earts of Oak;" Ir. dangers steady, with his lot content, His days in labour and through lack Of culture and th* inspiring aid of books, Or haply by a temper too severe, Or a nice... | |
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