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...people of consideration in society. Trouble not yourself about the present reception of my poems ; of what moment is that compared with what I trust...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous ; this is their office, which, I trust, they will faithfully perform, long after...

...about himself. But the task would be superfluous as well as ungrateful. It was his aim, he tells us, " to console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight...and the gracious of every age to see, to think, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous ; " and, high as was the aim, he did much towards...

...to encounter in defending me. But trouble not yourself about their present reception [his poems] ; of what moment is that compared with what I trust...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous ; this is their office, which I trust they will faithfully perform long after we...

...and he holds himself as responsible for obedience to his call and for its fulfilment, as a prophet. ' To console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous,' — this is his own account of the purpose of his poetry. (Letter to Lady Beaumont,...

...rightly, he says that he meant his works " to console the afflicted, to add sunshine to daylight,by making the happy happier, to teach the young and the...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous." This prom1se he has kept. When he touches the antique, it is to draw from classic...

...and he holds himself as responsible for obedience to his call and for its fulfilment, as a prophet. ' To console the afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight by making the happy happier j to ter.ch the young and the gracious of every age to see, to think, and feel, and therefore to become...

...the subject, li'' Continues thus: "Trouble not yourself upon their present reception ; of • ls.it moment is that compared with what I trust is their destiny ? To console 'V- afflicted ; to add sunshine to daylight by making the happy happier; to ''"it'll the young and...

...upon 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,...and feel, and therefore to become more actively and securely virtuous; this is their office, which I trust they will faithfully perform long after we (that...

...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 with what I trust is their destiny 1 — to console the afflicted; to add sunshine to daylight, by making the happy happier ; to teach...