 | Edward Durell (curate of Withiel.) - 1818 - 204 pages
...rolling, ' Doth glance from heav'n to earth, from earth to heav'n ; ' And as imagination bodies forth ' The form of things unknown, the Poet's pen ' Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing 'A local habitation and a name." When atjlrst sight thy kindness beam'd on me. — 7. p. 33. ' Vive faville... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...from heav'n to earth, from earth to heav'n ; ' And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Such tricks hath strong imagination." If poetry is a dream, the business of... | |
 | Johann Gottfried Herder - Philosophy - 1821 - 948 pages
...earth, from eartk to heav'n, And as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown , the poets pen Turns them to shape and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name — in, mo* fonberfear iff, urn bie fmtpdfu .Junbeaec* ubiunç), nad) 9)h44cnlànbifd)cr... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. SHAKSPEARE. All hail, ye mighty masters of the lay, Nature's true sons, the... | |
 | William Banks - English language - 1823 - 462 pages
...frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven, And as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them...habitation, and a name." Of the nature and effects of the poetic art, the sweet strains of the minstrel give no imperfect idea : — " But hail, ye mighty masters... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...phrenzy rolling, Doth glance from Heav'n to earth, from earth to Heav'n ; And as Imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the Poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves : for... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 872 pages
...glance from hcav'n to earth, from earth to heav'n; And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. SHAKESPEARE. But whatever is thus raised by the magic of hU mind must be visionary... | |
 | Philomathic institution - 1824 - 522 pages
...frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven. And as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name." UPON THE OTHER HAND, it was replied, that had Pope realized this description,... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 374 pages
...ceiling; And, as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the upholsterer's pencil Turns to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a NAME." Of the value of a NAME no one could be more sensible than Mr. Soho. " Your la'ship sees—this is merely a... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1825 - 372 pages
...ceiling ; And, as imagination bodies forth The form of things unknown, the upholsterer's pencil Turns to shape, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a NAME." Of the value of a NAME no one could be more sensible than Mr. Soho. " Your la' ship sees— this is merely... | |
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The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; And , as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shape , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name. 
