 First named these notes a melancholy strain. And many a poet echoes the conceit ; Poet who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moon-light, to the influxes Of shapes...  The Monthly review. New and improved ser - Page 2011799Full view - About this book
 | 1860 - 520 pages
...had better far have stretched his limbs beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, by sun or moon light, " to the influxes of shapes and sounds and shifting...song should make all Nature lovelier, and itself be loved like Nature !" But 'twill not be so ; And youths aud maidens most poetical, Who lose the deepening... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moon light, to the influxes Of shapes and sounds and shifting...song Should make all Nature lovelier, and itself Be loved like Nature ! But 't will not be so; And youths and maidens most poetical, Who lose the deepening... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1861 - 448 pages
...conceit ; Poet who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moonlight...Nature's immortality. A venerable thing ! and so his song t Should make all Nature lovelier, and itself. Be loved like Nature ! But 'twill not be so ; And youths... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1864 - 328 pages
...the conceit; Poet who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moon-light,...so his fame Should share in Nature's immortality, • " Most musical, most melancholy."} This passage in Milton possess-es an excellence far superior... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1864 - 720 pages
...conceit ; Poet who hath boon building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moon-light,...Surrendering his whole spirit, of his song And of his lame forgetful ! so his fame Should share in Nature's immortality, * " Masl musical, most melancholy."]... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poetry - 1864 - 332 pages
...the conceit; Poet who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moon-light, to the influxes Of shapes and sounds and shilting elements Surrendering his whole spirit, of his song And of his fame forgetful! so his fame... | |
 | David Grant - English poetry - 1865 - 428 pages
...conceit : Poet who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moonlight,...Surrendering his whole spirit, of his song And of his name forgetful ! So his fame Should share in nature's immortality, A venerable thing ! and so his song... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1865 - 398 pages
...conceit ; Poet who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moon-light...influxes Of shapes and sounds and shifting elements NATURE. Surrendering his whole spirit, of his song And of his fame forgetful ! so his fame Should share... | |
 | English poetry - English poetry - 1865 - 410 pages
...conceit ; Poet who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moon-light to the influxes Surrendering his whole spirit, of his song And of his fame forgetful ! so his fame Should share in... | |
 | Woodland - Animals - 1868 - 186 pages
...conceit ; Poet who hath been building up the rhyme When he had better far have stretched his limbs Beside a brook in mossy forest-dell, By sun or moonlight,...his song Should make all Nature lovelier, and itself Beloved like Nature ! But 'twill not be so ; And youths and maidens most poetical, \Vho lose the deepening... | |
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