 ... is the poet of Nature, in adapting the affections and passions to his characters; and Spenser in describing her delightful scenes and rural beauties. His lines are most musically sweet; and his descriptions most delicately abundant, even to a wantonness...  The Works of Edmund Spenser - Page clxxxivby Edmund Spenser - 1805Full view - About this book
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1036 pages
...defcriptions moft delicately abundant, even to a wantonnefs of painting ; but dill it is the mufic and painting of nature. We find no ambitious ornaments...which pleafes far above the glitter of pointed wit. I endeavoured to avoid the affectation of the one, without any hopes of attaining the graces of the... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 282 pages
...descriptions most delicately abundant, even to a wantonness of painting: but still it is the music and painting of Nature. We find no ambitious ornaments,...epigrammatical turns, in his writings, but a beautiful simplicity: which pleases far above the glitter of pointed wit. I endeavoured to avoid the affectation... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - English literature - 1893 - 208 pages
...descriptions most delicately abundant, even to a wantonness of painting; but still it is the music and painting of Nature. We find no ambitious ornaments,...epigrammatical turns, in his writings, but a beautiful simplicity; which pleases far above the glitter of pointed wit. ... A modern writer, has, I know, objected... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - English literature - 1893 - 208 pages
...descriptions most delicately abundant, even to a wantonness of painting; but still it is the music and painting of Nature. We find no ambitious ornaments,...epigrammatical turns, in his writings, but a beautiful simplicity; which pleases far above the glitter of pointed wit. ... A modern writer, has, I know, objected... | |
 | William Lyon Phelps - English literature - 1893 - 216 pages
...descriptions most delicately abundant, even to a wantonness of painting ; but still it is the music and painting of Nature. We find no ambitious ornaments,...epigrammatical turns, in his writings, but a beautiful simplicity ; which pleases far above the glitte1 of pointed wit. ... A modern writer, has, I know,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1898 - 480 pages
...descriptions most delicately abundant, even to a wantonness of painting, but still it is the music and painting of nature. We find no ambitious ornaments...epigrammatical turns in his writings, but a beautiful simplicity which pleases far above the glitter of pointed wit." The "Hymn to May" is in the seven-lined... | |
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