The Romantics Reviewed: Contemporary Reviews of British Romantic Writers. Part A: The Lake Poets - Volume IIFirst published in 1972, this volume contains contemporary British periodical reviews of the Lake Poets, including Wordsworth, Coleridge, Southey and Lamb, in publications from the Edinburgh Review to Variety. Introductions to each periodical provide brief sketches of each publication as well as names, dates and bibliographical information. Headnotes offer bibliographical data of the reviews and suggested approaches to studying them. This book will be of interest to those studying the Romantics and English literature. |
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Page 437
Alas ! the fervent harper did not know That for a tranquil soul the lay was framed , Whe 230 Poems by W. Wordsworth . Oct. Who , long compellid in hun ble walks to go Was softened into feeling , footh'd , and tamed .
Alas ! the fervent harper did not know That for a tranquil soul the lay was framed , Whe 230 Poems by W. Wordsworth . Oct. Who , long compellid in hun ble walks to go Was softened into feeling , footh'd , and tamed .
Page 443
... soul ; and moreover , that the final end of old age is to train and enable us • To hear the mighty stream of Tendency Uttering , for elevation of our thought , A clear sonorous voice , inaudible To the vast multitude whose doom it ...
... soul ; and moreover , that the final end of old age is to train and enable us • To hear the mighty stream of Tendency Uttering , for elevation of our thought , A clear sonorous voice , inaudible To the vast multitude whose doom it ...
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Too , too contracted are these walls of flesh , This vital warmth too cold , these visual orbs , Though inconceivably endowed , too dim For any passion of the soul that leads To ecstasy ; and , all the crooked paths of time and change ...
Too , too contracted are these walls of flesh , This vital warmth too cold , these visual orbs , Though inconceivably endowed , too dim For any passion of the soul that leads To ecstasy ; and , all the crooked paths of time and change ...
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The spectacle ; ' sensation , soul , and form All melted into him ; they swallowed up His animal being ; in them did he live , And by them diữ he live ; they were his life . In such access of mind , in such high hour Of visitation from ...
The spectacle ; ' sensation , soul , and form All melted into him ; they swallowed up His animal being ; in them did he live , And by them diữ he live ; they were his life . In such access of mind , in such high hour Of visitation from ...
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The effect upon the soul was such As he expressed ; for , from the Mountain's heart The solemn bleat appeared to come ; there was No other and the region all around Stood silent , empty of all shape of life .
The effect upon the soul was such As he expressed ; for , from the Mountain's heart The solemn bleat appeared to come ; there was No other and the region all around Stood silent , empty of all shape of life .
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| Title | The Romantics Reviewed: Contemporary Reviews of British Romantic Writers. Part A: The Lake Poets - Volume II Routledge Revivals: The Romantics Reviewed |
| Editor | Donald H. Reiman |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2017 |
| ISBN | 1134884966, 9781134884964 |
| Length | 485 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / Modern / 18th Century |
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