...grandeur of the outline of the surrounding hills. "The business of the poet," said Imlac in Rasselas, "is to examine, not the individual, but the species;...appearances; he does not number the streaks of the tulip, nor describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest." No; he deals not with minute details...

...wahren,173) und hat seiner Ansicht im Rasselas m) bekannten Ausdruck gegeben: The business of a poet — is to examine not the individual, but the species;...in the verdure of the forest. He is to exhibit in Ms portraits of nature such prominent and striking features as recall the original to every mind and...

...cannot walk abroad without the sight of something which I had never beheld before, or never heeded." "The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine,'...properties and large appearances : he does not number the__ ftt.reaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest. He is...

...a universal appeal ; and the age followed Pope. "This business of a poet," says Imlac, in Rasselas, "is to examine not the individual but the species...streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades of the verdure of the forest. . . . He must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable...

...silent shower, Precipitated still, no breeze disturbs, While fine as dust it falls.1 This tendency to "number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest," which, according to Dr. Johnson and other classicists, is not " the business of a poet," * also distinguishes...

...humanistic conception of art were fundamental in his own literary creed. "The business of the poet," says Imlac, "is to examine, not the individual, but the...the different shades in the verdure of the forest." And the following, also quoted, from Rambler 36: "Poetry cannot dwell upon the minuter distinctions,...

...feels the want of that minute accuracy which in Rasselas he had treated as unnecessary for the poet : " The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine...the different shades in the verdure of the forest." But in the Journey the explorer wishes he could remember things more clearly. " He who has not made...

...feels the want of that minute accuracy which in Rasselas he had treated as unnecessary for the poet : " The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine...the different shades in the verdure of the forest." But in the Journey the explorer wishes he could remember things more clearly. " He who has not made...

...Imlac, is to AI p examine^ jipt thjs.j^dividual, but the species; to remark general properties andTarge appearances : he does not number the streaks of the...the different shades in the verdure of the forest. Heus to exhibit in his portraits of nature such prominent and striking features" " as'TCCal the orlgiBatTo...

...imitation, it was held that poetry should treat of general rather than particular things, that it should not "number the streaks of the tulip or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest." A century and more of romantic description makes this dictum seem curiously unreal. Under neo-classic...