...poet, Wordsworth says, "is the rock of defence for human nature"; the poet "binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as...is spread over the whole earth, and over all time" (326). We all apparently need poetry to be human: "the knowledge of the [poet] cleaves to us as a necessary...

...things silently gone out of mind, and things violently destroyed; the Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as...is spread over the whole earth, and over all time" (Prose 1 :141) . In those "things silently gone out of mind, and things violently destroyed," Wordsworth...

...things silently gone out of mind, and things violently destroyed; the Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as...is spread over the whole earth, and over all time. (PrW, i: 141) This assertion of great distress at the loss of a stable, meaningful field of reference...

...the Poet's thought are every where; though the eyes and senses of man are, it is true, his favourite guides, yet he will follow wheresoever he can find...atmosphere of sensation in which to move his wings' (Prose, I, 141). The ancient topos of creativity as a poetic 'flight' or 'transport' finds new expression...

...things silendy gone out of mind, and things violendy destroyed; die Poet binds togedier by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as...spread over the whole earth, and over all time». Paixào e Sabedoria — os sinais distintivos de toda a grande poesía, maior ou menor. TRAJETÓRIA...

...things silently gone out of mind, and things violently destroyed; the Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as it is spread over the whole earth, and over all time."74 I conclude that the power of the letters resides in the generation of feelings rich enough...

...visible friend and hourly companion." Moreover, "The objects of the Poet's thoughts are everywhere," even "though the eyes and senses of man are, it is true, his favourite guides." The man of science, Wordsworth implied, is absolutely confined to the understanding...

...things silently gone out of mind and things violently destroyed, the Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as...over all time. The objects of the Poet's thoughts are every where; though the eyes and senses of man are, it is true, his favorite guides, yet he will follow...

...called it, the "Wordsworthian or egotistical sublime." Grandiosity ("The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as...is spread over the whole earth, and over all time") and isolation ("The Poet's own feelings are his stay and support") only feed and increase each other...

...impassioned expression which is in the countenance of Science ... The Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as it is spread over the whole earth, and over all time."37 Severing the values of art from all interests except the transcendent desire for human solidarity,...