...whatever the prejudiced and worldly-minded might then say of them, their future destiny would be, " To console the afflicted, to add sunshine to daylight,...and the gracious of every age to see, to think, and to feel, and, therefore, to become more actively and securely virtuous; this is their office, which...

...Immortality, and several of his Sonnets. He says of his own poetry that his purpose in writing it was " to console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight...therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous." His poetical work is the noble landmark of a great transition — both in thought and in style. He...

...Arnold, quoting from a letter of Wordsworth to Lady Beaumont, has said was Wordsworth's aim in poetry : " To console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight...every age to see, to think, and feel, and therefore to beqome more actively and securely virtuous : " might, with slight additions, be described as the object...

...deliver us — one which can have little in common with a poet whose mission, as he conceived it, was to " console the afflicted, to add sunshine to daylight...young and the gracious of every age to see, to think, to feel, and therefore become more actively and securely virtuous." The beautiful lines on the " Feast...

...their present reception ; of what moment is that compared with what I trust is their destiny ? — to console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight,...therefore, to become more actively and securely virtuous ; this is their office, which I trust they will faithfully perform, long after we (that is, all that...

...Immortality, and several of his Sonnets. He says of his own poetry that his purpose in writing it was " to console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight...therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous." His poetical work is the noble landmark of a great transition — both in thought and in style. He...

...yourself about their present reception. Of what moment is that compared to what, I trust, is their destiny ?—to console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight,...therefore, to become more actively and securely virtuous ; this is their office, which, I trust, they will faithfully perform long after we are mouldered in...

...own prophet ; and his noble words with reference to his poems, the destiny of which ho trusted was ' to console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight,...therefore, to become more actively and securely virtuous,' are daily being fulfilled throughout the civilized world. It will readily be seen that our estimate...

...soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man, like flowers.' which he trusted was ' to console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight,...and, therefore, to become more actively and securely virtuous,1 are daily being fulfilled throughout the civilized world. It will readily be seen that our...

...Immortality, and several of his Sonnets. He says of his own po.try that his purpose in writing it was "to console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight...happy happier; to teach the young and the gracious of tvcry age to gee, to think, and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous."...