 His command of imagery is wide, easy, and luxuriant. He threw the soul of harmony into our verse, and made it more warmly, tenderly, and magnificently descriptive than it ever was before, or, with a few exceptions, than it has ever been since. It must...  Athenae Cantabrigienses - Pagina 2651861Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1819 - 654 pagina’s
...iabric of his language with romantic and venerable associations. ' His command of imagery is wide, easy, and luxuriant. He threw the soul of harmony into our...nothing of the brief strokes and robust power, which characterize the very greatest poets; but we shall nowhere find more airy and expansive images of visionary... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1820 - 514 pagina’s
...fabric of his language with romantic and venerable associations. " His command of imagery is wide, easy, and luxuriant. He threw the soul of harmony into our...with a few exceptions, than it has ever been since. Tt must certainly be owned, that in description he exhibits nothing of the brief strokes and robust... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 356 pagina’s
...fabric of his language with romantic and venerable associations. "'His command of imagery is wide, easy, and luxuriant. He threw the soul of harmony into our...since. It must certainly be owned, that in description be exhibits nothing of the brief strokes and robust power which characterise the very greatest poets... | |
 | William Hunter - 1832 - 140 pagina’s
...with but few of the Anglo-Saxon idioms which are so common in Chaucer. "Spenser," says Campbell, •" threw the soul of harmony into our verse, and made...warmly, tenderly, and magnificently descriptive than ever it was before, or, with a few exceptions, than it has ever been since. We shall no where find... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1841 - 476 pagina’s
...from Mr. Campbell, who, a great poet himself, has otherwise done ample justice to his ancient master. "It must certainly be owned that in description he...nothing of the brief strokes and robust power which characterize the very greatest poets." Certain it is Spenser is rarely " brief and robust ;" but contrary... | |
 | Henry Hallam - 1842 - 428 pagina’s
...extracting it from his Specimens of the British Poets, i., 125. " His command of imagery is wide, easy, and luxuriant. He threw the soul of harmony into our...nothing of the brief strokes and robust power which characterize the very greatest poets; but we shall nowhere find more airy and expansive images of visionary... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 pagina’s
...fabric of his language with romantic and venerable associations. " His command of imagery is wide, easy, and luxuriant. He threw the soul of harmony into our...nothing of the brief strokes and robust power which characterize the very greatest poets : But we shall nowhere find more airy and expansive images of... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 pagina’s
...fabric of his language with romantic and venerable associations. " His command of imagery is wide, easy, and luxuriant. He threw the soul of harmony into our...nothing of the brief strokes and robust power which characterize the very greatest poets: But we shall nowhere find more airy and expansive images of visionary... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pagina’s
...fabric of his language with romantic and venerable associations. " His command of imagery is wide, easy, and luxuriant. He threw the soul of harmony into our...magnificently descriptive than it ever was before, or, wiih a few exceptions, than it has ever been since. It must certainly be owned, that in description... | |
 | English poets - 1847 - 144 pagina’s
...says Mr. Campbell, the Rubens of English poetry, throwing the soul of harmony into our verse, making it more warmly, tenderly, and magnificently descriptive than it ever was before, and, with few exceptions, than it has ever been since. Sir Philip Sidney was the friend and patron... | |
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