 His poetry, more perhaps than that of any other writer, deserves to be styled, the poetry of the heart. It is a heart penetrated with noble sentiments, and with sublime and tender passions; a heart that glows, and kindles the fancy; a heart that is full,...  The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal - Page 421783Full view - About this book
 | Hugh Blair - Literary forgeries and mystifications - 1763 - 94 pages
...fancy. His poetry, more perhaps than that of any other writer, deferves to be ftiled, The Poetry of the Heart. It is a heart penetrated with noble fentiments, and with fublime and tender paflions; a heart that glows, and kindles the fancy; a heart that is full, and pours itfelf forth.... | |
 | Poetry - 1773 - 466 pages
...His poetry, more perhaps than that of any other writer, deferves- to be ftiled, T"hs Poetry of the Heart. It is a heart penetrated with noble fentiments,...fublime and tender paffions ; a heart that glows, and kindfes the fancy ; a heart that is full, and pours itfelf forth. Offian did not write, like modern... | |
 | 1785 - 456 pages
...fancy. His poetry, more perhaps than that of any other writer, deferves to be ftyled, The Poetry of the Heart. It is a heart penetrated with noble fentiments,...poets, to pleafe readers and critics. He fung from the Jove of poetry and fong. His delight was to think of the heroes among whojti he had floujrifhed; to... | |
 | James Macpherson - 1801 - 348 pages
...the Heart. It is a heart penetrated with noble fentiments , and with lublime and tender palfions ; a heart that glows, and kindles the fancy; a heart...readers and critics. He fung from the love of poetry an<J. fong. His " delight was to think of the heroes among whom he had flourifhed; to recal the affecting... | |
 | Ossian - 1801 - 364 pages
...fancy. His poetry , more perhaps than that of anyother writer, deferves to be fiyled, The Poetry of the Heart. It is a heart penetrated with noble fentiments...fancy; a heart that is full, and pours itfelf forth. Oil i, m did not write, like modern poets, to plcafe readers and critics. He I'ung from the love of... | |
 | Bards and bardism - 1803 - 352 pages
...of the Heart. It is a heart penetrated with noble sentiments, and with sublime and tender passions ; a heart that glows, and kindles the fancy ; a heart that is full, and pours itself forth. Ossian did not write, like modern poets, to please readers and critics. He sung from... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 262 pages
...the Heart.' It is a heart penetrated with noble sentiments, and with sublime and tender passions ; a heart that glows, and kindles the fancy ; a heart that is full, and pours itself forth, Ossian did not write, like modern poets, to please readers and crities. He sung from... | |
 | Ossian - 1806 - 366 pages
...of the Heart. It is a heart penetrated with noble sentiments, and with sublime-and tender passions ; a heart that glows, and kindles the fancy ; a heart that is full, and pours itself forth. Ossian did not write, like modern poets, to please readers and critics. He sung from... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 602 pages
...poetry of the heart — a heart penetrated with noble sentiments, and with sublime and tender passions ; a heart that glows and kindles the fancy ; a heart that is full to overflowing, and pours its gushing feelings forth unrestrained. Ossian, like Homer, did not write... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 594 pages
...poetry of the heart — a heart penetrated with noble sentiments, and with sublime and tender passions ; a heart that glows and kindles the fancy ; a heart that is full to overflowing, and pours its gushing feelings forth unrestrained. Ossian, like Homer, did not write... | |
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