...the motives to piety ; that of the description is not God, but the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul,...Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer.63 The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected,...

...the motives to piety ; that of the description is not God, but the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul,...Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer.63 The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected,...

...too of the most beautiful and affecting kind. "Man, admitted tn implore the mercy of his t'reator.and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer." Most true, indeed. But, though po etry did not confer that higher state, poetry may nevertheless, in...

...the sum of Dr. Johnson's argument," says Montgomery, " amounts to this, ' that contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical ;' and in the sense in which he employs the words poetry and poetical, this may be readily admitted...

...works in nature, but may trace them up to nature's God. But he asserts that " contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical." It is curious to remember that, up to Johnson's time, the best poetry in the world had been sacred....

...Mr Montgomery, that the sum of Dr Johnson's argument amounts to this — that contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. But here we at once ask ourselves, what does he mean by poetical ? " The essence of poetry," he says,...

...dangerous opinions ; for instance, his absolute doctrine in these words : — " Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical," because, among other sophistical reasons, " the essence of poetry is invention ; — such invention...

...Mr Montgomery, that the sum of Dr Johnson's argument amounts to this — that contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. But here we at once ask ourselves, what does he mean by poetical ? " The essence of poetry," he says,...

...Mr Montgomery, that the sum of Dr Johnson's argument amounts to this — that contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. But here we at once ask ourselves, what does he mean by poetical ? " The essence of poetry," he says,...

...God, but the works of God. Contemplative piety, or the interconrse between God and the human sonl, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy...poetry can confer. "The essence of poetry is invention: sneh invention as, by producing something on» expected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion...