...!" i ••». " What is a poet ?" asks one well qualified to answer his own question. " He is a man endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm...and a more comprehensive soul, than are supposed to he common among mankind ; a man pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more...

...enthusiasm and tenderness, who baa a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive son), than are supposed to be common among* mankind ; a man pleased with bis own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is...

...the "Supplementary Essay," are replete with a sublime sense of poetry. He describes the poet as " — a man speaking to men : a man, it is true, endowed with a more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human nature,...

...and so far as he is one, he succeeds in so doing, because, in Wordsworth's admirable description, 'he is a man speaking to ' men, — a man, it is true, endowed with a more lively sensibility, ' more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge ' of human...

...who can sit in a chair and write verses, but he is a man speaking to man : a man, it is true, endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and...soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind ; who has contemplated nature in her thousand forms, who has treasured within him the remembrance of...

...from him 1 He is a man speaking to men : a man, it is true, WORDSWORTH.] WHAT is A POET? 3oc endued with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and...soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind ; a mail pleased with his own passions and volitions, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit...

...Mr. Aytoun to the dignity of a poet. 'A poet,' says one well able to answer the question, ' is a man endowed with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm...comprehensive soul, than are supposed to be common among mankind.'t ' What is poetry r" asks the greatest critic of the last generation. ' It is the true exhibition,...

...is a Poet ? To whom does he address himself? And what language is to be expected from him ? — He is a man speaking to men : a man, it is true, endowed with.jnore lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who has a greater knowledge of human...

...Proceeding, then, from the abstract to the concrete, he defines the poet to be "a man speaking to men, a man who has a greater knowledge of human nature and a more comprehensive soul than most men, and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him." He enumerates...

...poet is not simply a man who can sit in a chair and write verses, but he is a man speaking to man — a man, it is true, endowed with more lively sensibility,...of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul than is supposed to be common among mankind ; who has contemplated nature in her thousand forms, who has...