 | 1879 - 822 pages
...richest jo\-s, the loftiest aspirations, and the special experiences of the human heart. "Poetry is the divinest of all arts; for it is the breathing...sentiment which is deepest and sublimest in human nature." Its finest productions are those which utter the sours intense thirst for God — "As the hart panteth... | |
 | 1827 - 634 pages
...Kind of inspiration, and wrote his great works with something of the conscious dignity of a prophet. We agree with Milton in his estimate of poetry. It...that principle or sentiment, which is deepest and sublimes! in human nature ; we mean, of that thirst or aspiration, to which no mind is wholly a stranger,... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1828 - 128 pages
...kind of inspiration, and wrote his great works with something of the conscious dignity of a prophet. We agree with Milton in his estimate of poetry. It...of that thirst or aspiration, to which no mind is wholy a stranger,- for something purer and lovelier, something more powerful, lofty, and thrilling... | |
 | 1830 - 470 pages
...kind of inspiration, and wrote his great works with something of the conscious dignity of a prophet. We agree with Milton in his estimate of poetry. It seems to us the divinest of all arts , tor it is the breathing or expression of that sentiment which is deepest and sublimest in human nature... | |
 | 1832 - 478 pages
...himself as a kind of inspiration, and wrote his great works with the conscious dignity of a prophet. We agree with Milton in his estimate of poetry. It...we mean, of that thirst or aspiration, to which no rnind is wholly a Btranger, for something nurer and lovelier, something more powerful, lofty and thrilling,... | |
 | lady Pleasance Smith - 1832 - 652 pages
...kind of inspiration, and wrote his great works with something of the conscious dignity of a prophet. It seems to us the divinest of all arts ; for it is...of that principle or sentiment which is deepest and sublimcst in human nature, — we mean of that thirst or aspiration to which no mind is wholly a stranger,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...a breathing sleep. A VINDICATION OF POETKY. POETRY has sometimes, and perhaps justly, been esteemed the divinest of all arts; for it is the breathing...sentiment which is deepest and sublimest in human nature: in other words, of that thirst or aspiration, to which no mind is wholly a stranger, for something... | |
 | George Washington Light - 1833 - 402 pages
...further illustrative of Dr. Channing's views, we must close : 'We agree with Milton in his estiimitR of poetry. It seems to us the divinest of all arts; for it is il. • breathing or impression of that principle or sentiment, which is deepest and suhlimest in human... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 pages
...kind of inspiration, and wrote his great works with something of the conscious dignity of a prophet. We agree with Milton in his estimate of poetry. It...expression of that principle or sentiment which is the deepest and sublimest in human nature ; we mean of that thirst or aspiration to which no mind is... | |
 | William Ellery Channing - 1843 - 686 pages
...kind of inspiration, and wrote his great works with something of the conscious dignity of a prophet. We agree with Milton in his estimate of poetry. It...is the breathing or expression of that principle or seniimeut, which is deepest and sublimest in human nature ; we mean, of that thirst or aspiration,... | |
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We agree with Milton in his estimate of poetry. It seems to us the divinest of all arts ; for it is the breathing or expression of that principle or sentiment, which is deepest and sublimest in human nature... 
