...dignity." Who is not at once delighted and improved, when the Po» Wordsworth himself exelaims, " Oh ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; men endowed...The vision and the faculty divine, Yet wanting the aecomplishment of verse, , Nor having e'er, as life advanced, been led By circumstance to take unto...

...inspiring aid of books ; Or haply by a temper too severe ; Or a nice backwardness afraid of shame), Nor having e'er, as life advanced, been led By circumstance...take unto the height The measure of themselves, these favour'd beingr, All but a scatter'd few, live out their time, Husbanding that which they possess within,...

...inspiring aid of books ; Or haply by a temyer too severe ; Or a nice backwardness afraid of shame), Nor having e'er, as life advanced, been led By circumstance...take unto the height The measure of themselves, these favour'd beings, All but a scatter'd few, live out their time, Husbanding that which they possess within,...

...learned 6 To weigh with care his words, and to rejoice In the plain presence of his dignity ! Oh ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; men endowed...divine— Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse, (Which, in the docile season of their youth, It was denied them to acquire, through lack Of culture...

...the poet by their courteous and benevolent host, ' Oh t many are the poets that are sown " • '. ~ii By nature ; men endowed with highest gifts, The vision...divine, Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse.' The Excursion. •-.,. This is the declaration of a high authority, but of one who would not perhaps...

...the inspiring aid of books; Or haply by a temper too severe; Or a nice backwardness afraid of shame), Nor having e'er, as life advanced, been led By circumstance...take unto the height The measure of themselves, these favoured beings, All but a scattered few, live out their time, Husbanding that which they possess within,...

...God's universe. Here then we arrive at the difference between poetry, and poetic thought — between " The vision and the faculty divine Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse," and the two in combination. We conceive how a thought may be poetic, yet, not being poetically clothed,...

...finely expressed the thought, that the true poet is not necessarily a versifier. He says, — " Oh, many are the Poets that are sown By nature ; men endowed...divine: Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse." But, although there are more poets than the world dreams of, there are yet more prosers than there...

...is not necessarily a versifier. He says, — " Oh, many are the Poets that are sown By nature ; meii endowed with highest gifts, The vision and the faculty...divine: Yet wanting the accomplishment of verse." But, although there are more poets than the world dreams of, there are yet more prosers than there...

...dignity." Who is not at once delighted and improved, when, the PG-. Wordsworth himself exclaims, " Oh ! many are the Poets that are sown By Nature ; men endowed...out their time, Husbanding that which they possess vithin, And go to the grave, unthought of. Strongest minds Are often those of whom the noisy world...