...benefactor; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude: the Poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion" (p. 253). (I owe the reference to this passage [and, indeed, many other good things] to my colleague...

...and more daunting stretches of space and time: Emphatically may it be said of the Poet, as Shakspeare hath said of man, 'that he looks before and after.' He is the rock of defence for human nature; an upholder and preserver, carrying everywhere with him relationship and love. In...

...benefactor; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude: the Poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion.fi The poet's knowledge, Wordsworth argues, is a 'necessary', 'natural', 'inalienable' fact...

...truth as a remote and unknown benefactor; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude: the Poet . . . rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion" (Prose 1: 141). Both fields benefit from their mutual alliance. Poetry gains as recognizable a field...

...Poet and the image of things; between this, and the Biographer and Historian, there are a thousand. Emphatically may it be said of the Poet, as Shakespeare...man, "that he looks before and after." He is the rock and defence of human nature; an upholder and preserver, carrying everywhere with him relationship and...

...Spring' And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man. 12801 Lyrical Ballads - Preface 12802 Lyrical Ballads - Preface Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its...

...seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor; ... the Poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion ... In spite of difference of soil and climate, of language and manners, of laws and customs, in spite...

...than of science. "The Man of science seeks truth as a remote and unknown benefactor," while the poet "rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible friend and hourly companion." Moreover, "The objects of the Poet's thoughts are everywhere," even "though the eyes and senses of...

...benefactor; he cherishes and loves it in his solitude: the Poet, singing a song in which all human beings join with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as our visible and hourly companion. (396) Critics who portray Wordsworth as the prophet of the egotistical sublime,...

...there a secret link between science and poetry? Perhaps there is. An English writer has said : < Poetry is the impassioned expression which is in the countenance of all science.) Whether these words apply to every science is open to question, but they do voice a very deep truth....