 | William Garland Barrett - 1855 - 340 pages
...the power of God, I may speak of, as Coleridge speaks of the poetical spirit, ' it has been to me an exceeding great reward; it has soothed my afflictions...multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared my solitude ; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 650 pages
...my writings," says Coleridge, in the Preface to his Poems ; " and I consider myself as having been amply repaid without either. Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reicard; it has soothed my afflictions ; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared... | |
 | 1856 - 570 pages
...Repetition, approved of by Reflection, and strengthened by Enjoyment. ^Pfletrg, — £ T. Coleridge. "pOETRY has been to me its own exceeding great reward : it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the Good and Beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1857 - 424 pages
...Shines through his soul, ' that he may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.' " ceeding great reward. It has soothed my afflictions ; it has...me the habit of wishing to discover the, good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me." Let me also bring the calm but earnest testimony of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1857 - 800 pages
...has heen to me its ' mcn exceeding great reward;' it has soothed my afflictions ; it has multiplicd and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude; and it has given me the hahit of wishing to discover the good and the heautiful in all that meets and surrounds me." As to... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - 336 pages
...of Coleridge; for from his very heart there came the gratitude of that wise acknowledgment : — " Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward....given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me." Let me also bring the calm but earnest testimony of... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1861 - 470 pages
...nor general fame by my writings, and I consider myself as having been amply repaid without cither. Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward;...it has endeared solitude, and it has given me the habil of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surfounds me." Urge such... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1861 - 448 pages
...adfero. I expect neither profit nor general fame by my writings ; and I consider myself as having been amply repaid without either. Poetry has been to me...its own " exceeding great reward : " it has, soothed mv afflictions ; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude ; and it has... | |
 | 1861 - 502 pages
..."of the best and happ'ust moments of the hap-' piest and best minds." " Poetry," says Coleridge, " has been to me its own 'exceeding great reward ;' it has soothed my afflictions ; it has endeared solitude ; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the Good and the Beautiful... | |
 | 1863 - 300 pages
...what Coleridge describes poetry to have been to himself — " Poetry," he said, "has been to me an exceeding great reward. It has soothed my afflictions...refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude and has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and beautiful in all that meets and surrounds... | |
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Poetry has been to me its own * exceeding great reward:' it has soothed my afflictions 5 it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the Good and the Beautiful in all that... 
