...idle and extravagant stories in verse.* His deliberate pur* Of his poems the author himself says: — "To console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight,...happy happier ; to teach the young and the gracious of eveiy age to see, to think, and to feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous,...

...you, my dear friend, as easy-hearted as myself with respect to these poems. Trouble not yourself upon their present reception: of what moment is that, compared...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous — this is their office, which I trust they will faithfully perform, long after...

...you, my dear friend, as easy-hearted as myself with respect to these poems. Trouble not yourself upon their present reception ; of what moment is that compared...to teach the young and the gracious of every age to gee, to think, and feel, and, therefore, to become more actively and securely virtuous ; this is their...

...fancy, and reflection. His own estimate of his poems is, however, the truest and most worthy, viz.:— 'To console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight, by making the happy happier; to lead the young and the gracious of every age to see, feel, think, and become more actively and securely...

...and reflection. His own estimate of his poems is, however, the truest and most worthy, viz. : — ( To console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight, by making the happy happier ; to lead the young and the gracious of every age to see, feel, think, and become more actively and securely...

...defence of him, at a time when his poems were not popular, " Trouble not yourself," he says, " upon their present reception. Of what moment is that, compared...every age to see, to think, and feel, and therefore to becomo more actively and securely virtuous : this is their office." He engaged in this work with a...

...days the verdict of the Edinburgh was all but omnipotent — he replied: "Trouble not yourself about their present reception ; of what moment is that compared...making the happy happier ; to teach the young and gracious of every age to see, to think, and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely...

...days the verdict of the Edinburgh was all but omnipotent, — he replied, "Trouble not yourself about their present reception ; of what moment is that compared...destiny? To console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to davli^lit by making the happy happier ; to teach tin young and gracious of every age to see, t< think,...

...console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight, by making the happy happier; to teach the young and gracious of every age to see, to think, and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous;— this is their office, which I trust they will faithfully perform, long after...

...— Wordsworth somewhere has expressed what he thought or hoped might be the destiny of his poems : " To console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight,...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous : this is their office." And again, " There is scarcely one which does not aim to...