 Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present; the words which express what they understand not; the trumpets which sing to battle, and feel not what they inspire;...  Criticisms - Page 1by John William Lester - 1847 - 355 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 368 pages
...manifestations ; for it is less their spirit than the spirit of the age. Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the...moves. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. ESSAY ON THE LITERATURE, THE ARTS, AND THE MANNERS OF THE ATHENIANS. a .^Fragment.* THE4ieiic4_whichJntervened... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 256 pages
...manifestations ; for it is less their spirit than the spirit of the age. Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration ; the mirrors of the...moves. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. ESSAY ON THE LITERATURE, THE ARTS, AND THE MANNERS OF THE ATHENIANS. SI THE period which intervened... | |
 | Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 1840 - 346 pages
...a beautiful passage on the influence of the poetic spirit, he says — " Poets are the hiérophante of an unapprehended inspiration ; the mirrors of the...; the words which express what they understand not ; tho trumpets which sing to battle and feel not what they inspire; the influence which is moved not,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...manifestations, for it is less their spirit than the spirit of the age. Poets are the hiérophante Aï S = kl o ᓫb ;*> f $ jҲ Q ; ; q , k < ђ . j ... l!h̺4JBm mC ?n % ,3~` 6W5ʨ(e ,; 7 f world.' WILLIAM COWPER. WILLIAM COWPER, ' the most popular poet of his generation, and the best of... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 pages
...manifestations, for it is less their spirit than the spirit of the age. Poets are the hiérophante d assist, or relieve, or remember me ; but my friends,...me more pleasing than the most splendid palace : world.' 1 •WILLIAM COWPEB. WILLIAM COWPEB, ' the most popular poet of his generation, and the best... | |
 | 1842 - 572 pages
...great people to work a beneficial change in opinion or institution it poetry. Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration ; the mirrors of the...which sing to battle and feel not what they inspire. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world." We have cited these passages for the weight... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1845 - 186 pages
...gigal» tic shadows which futurity castsupqn_the_Dresent ж the words which express what they understanfi not ; the trumpets which sing to battle, and feel...moves. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world. .14 ESSAY ON THE LITERATURE, THE ARTS, AND THE MANNERS OF THE ATHENIANS. a JFrajpnent.» THE... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 252 pages
...the poetic spirit, he says—" Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; themirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon...moves. Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world." THE PROLOGUE IN HEAVEN. FREQUENTLY as poets have made use of the music of the spheres, they... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 366 pages
...too, the priesthood shared, And every hallowed Druid was a bard.'' COWPEB. " Poets are the Hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration, the mirrors of the...what they understand not, the trumpets which sing to hattle, and feel not what they inspire, the influence which is moved not, but moves. Poets are the... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1847 - 360 pages
...too, the priesthood shared, And every hallowed Druid was a bard." COWPER. .' Poets are the Hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration, the mirrors of the...what they understand not, the trumpets which sing to hattle, and feel not what they inspire, the influence which is moved not, but moves. Poets are the... | |
| |
