Seasons" does not contain a single new image of external nature; and scarcely presents a familiar one from which it can be .inferred that the eye of the Poet had been steadily fixed upon his object, much less that his feelings had urged him to work upon... Points at Issue and Some Other Points - Page 126by Henry Augustin Beers - 1904 - 273 pagesFull view - About this book
| Leigh Hunt - 1828 - 460 pages
...in the county of Southampton. " It is remarkable," says Mr Wordsworth, as quoted by Mr Dyce, " that excepting a passage or two in the Windsor Forest of...Seasons' does not contain a single new image of external nature."—Essay in his Miscellaneous Poems. Some of these " delightful pictures" are furnished us... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...in the " Windsor Forest " of Pope, the poetry of the period intervening between the publication of " d counted the tomb?. The last time we passed there, racthought he wistfully on tho tree ; ' The ' Nocturnal Reverie ' was written by ANNE, COUNTESS OF WINCHELSEA, the daughter of Sir William... | |
| 1831 - 412 pages
...two in the Windsor Forest of Pope, the poetry of the period intervening between the publication of Paradise Lost and the Seasons does not contain a single new image of external pature ; and scarcely presents a familiar one from which it can be inferred that the ere of the poet... | |
| 1832 - 792 pages
...works. " It is remarkable," he observes, " that, excepting a passage or two in the Windsor Fürest, of Pope, and some delightful pictures in the poems...Paradise Lost and The Seasons, does not contain a tingle new image of external nature." It is evident that the poem which we b»vf cited, entitled A... | |
| 1837 - 898 pages
...liydal Mount. Wordsworth has immortalized her in the following sentence : — " It is remarkable that, excepting a passage or two in the Windsor Forest of...and some delightful pictures in the poems of Lady Winchelsca, the poetry of the period intervening between the publication of the Paradise Lost and the... | |
| David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 352 pages
...two in the Windsor Forest of Pope, the poetry of the period intervening between the publication of Paradise Lost and the Seasons does not contain a single new image of external nature; and scarcely presents a familiar one from which it can be inferred that the eye of the poet had been... | |
| David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 pages
...two in the Windsor Forest of Pope, the poetry of the period intervening between the publication of Paradise Lost and the Seasons does not contain a single new image of external nature; and scarcely presents a familiar one from which it can be inferred that the eye of the poet had been... | |
| David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 pages
...two in the Windsor Forest of Pope, the poetry of the period intervening between the publication of Paradise Lost and the Seasons does not contain a single new image of external nature; and scarcely presents a familiar one from which it can be inferred that the eye of the poet had been... | |
| Thomas Campbell - 1841 - 844 pages
...a passage or two in the Windsor Forest of Pope, the poetry of the period between the publication of Paradise Lost and The Seasons does not contain a single new image of external nature ; and scarcely presents a familiar one, from which it can be inferred that the eye of the poet had... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 414 pages
...at Rydal Mount. Wordsworth has immortalized her in the following sentence:—"It is remarkable that, excepting a passage or two in the Windsor Forest of...not contain a single new image of external nature." She was the daughter of Sir William Kingsmill of Sidmonton, in the county of Southampton, maid of honour... | |
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