...acceptable as a kind of Prospectus of the design and scope of the whole Poem. ' On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive Fair trains of imagery before me nee, Accompanied by feelings of delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed ; And I am conscious...

...was like one who stood on a bold headland looking far out upon the open ocean. ' On Man, on Nature, and on human life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed. To these emotions, whencesoe'er they come, Whether from breath of circumstance, Or from the soul —...

...was like one who stood on a bold headland looking far out upon the open ocean. ' On Man, on Nature, and on human life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed. • ••••• To these emotions, whencesoe'er they come, Whether from breath of circumstance,...

...quotation from the conclusion of the first book of " The Recluse," as follows : On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...before me rise, Accompanied by feelings of delight 1 Poetical Works, edited by William Knight, III, 122 n. 3 This is especially true in his poetry of...

...behind; And sings a solitary song That whistles in the wind. THE RECLUSE FROM BOOK I On Man, on Nature, IGNOTO ROSALIND'S MADRIGAL Love in my bosom like 5 And I am conscious of affecting thoughts And dear remembrances, whose presence soothes Or elevates...

...discovers all its most poetic meanings. He says in some noteworthy lines of The Recluse: On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed. He has also most remarkable power to draw these imaginative delights from the humblest sources. Especially...

...behind ; And smgs a solitary song That whistles in the wind. THE RECLUSE FROM BOOK I On Man, on Nature, e think, when he did gabble, Th' had heard three labourers of Babel, Or Cerberus himself pronounce A leash ; 5 And I am conscious of affecting thoughts And dear remembrances, whose presence soothes Or elevates...

...imagery before me rise, Accompanied by feelings of delight Pure, or with no unpleasing sadness mixed ; 5 long-remembered beggar was his guest, Whose beard...no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had hi 9 — To these emotions, whencesoe'er they come, Whether from breath of outward circumstance, Or from...

...pages of prose on Self-Culture, and the last in verse, as follows: — MY FATHER. BY ELIZA TP SMITH. And I am conscious *of affecting thoughts, And dear remembrances, whose presence soothes And elevates the mind. Wordsworth. My father ! What remembrance dear Arises when that name I hear....

...of Prospectus" of the design and scope of the whole "great philosophical poem": On Man, on Nature, and on Human Life, Musing in solitude, I oft perceive...Accompanied by feelings of delight Pure, or with no unpl easing sadness mixed; And I am conscious of affecting thoughts And dear remembrances, whose presence...