 DURING the first year that Mr. Wordsworth and I were neighbours, our conversations turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry, the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and the power of...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 5351834Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 830 pages
...grassy combs, they discussed the uses of poetry, — " the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature —...of giving the interest of novelty, by the modifying colors of imagination." With their eyes upon the beautiful landscape below — the "woods, smooth downs,... | |
 | T. LINDSEY ASPLAND - 1874 - 492 pages
...turned frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry, the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and...novelty by the modifying colours of imagination. The thought suggested itself that a series of poems might be composed of two sorts. In the one, the incidents... | |
 | William Lawson (F.R.G.S.) - 1875 - 272 pages
...frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry — the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and the power I of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours of imagination. The sudden charm which... | |
 | Manchester Literary Club - Literature - 1880 - 772 pages
...cardinal points of poetiy. These are, he says : — The power of exciting the sympathy of a reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature and...modifying colours of imagination. The sudden charm which accidents of light and shade, which moonlight or sunset diffused over a known and familiar landscape,... | |
 | Samuel Taylor [poetical works] Coleridge - 1880 - 512 pages
...frequently on the two cardinal points of poetry — the power of exciting the sympathy of a reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and...modifying colours of imagination. The sudden charm which accidents of light and shade, which moonlight or sunset, diffused over a known and familiar landscape,... | |
 | Education - 1924 - 708 pages
...their belief as to the two cardinal points of poetry: "The power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of Nature, and...of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colors of the imagination." — Biographia Literaiia. While interested greatly in the supernatural,... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - English literature - 1882 - 538 pages
...poetry which they were so fond of discussing — "the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature —...novelty by the modifying colours of imagination." Wordsworth's part was that of the sunshine, dwelling upon and bringing out into brilliant prominence... | |
 | Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - English literature - 1882 - 412 pages
...the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature—and the power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours of imagination." Wordsworth's part was that of the sunshine, dwelling upon and bringing out into brilliant prominence... | |
 | 1883 - 528 pages
...poetry which they were so fond of discussing — " the power of exciting the sympathy of the reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and...of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colors of imagination." Wordsworth's part was that of the sunshine, dwelling upon and bringing out... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 562 pages
...power of exciting the sympathy of a reader by a faithful adherence to the truth of nature, and tho power of giving the interest of novelty by the modifying colours of imagination. The sudden charm which accidents of light and shade, which moonlight or sunset diffused over a known and familiar landscape,... | |
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