...the nature of things, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul, and the exhibition of which doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind." It is " the wondrous and goodly paterne " of which Spenser sings in his " Hymne in honour of...

...the nature of things, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul, and the exhibition of which doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows of things to the desires.of the mind." It is " the wondrous and goodly paterne " of which Spenser sings in his " Hyrane...

...participation of divineness, btcausc it doth raise and ertft the mind by submitting tltf show» of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind into the nature of tlùnga."— A avancement of Learning ddychymyg yn ddiweddarach na Bacon yn darOitwng...

...service of the imagination. Hence the accuracy of the distinction laid down by Bacon, that poesy " doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows...buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things." In the language of the intellect — prose, the words employed mislead if they possess an over-suggestiveness,...

...distinction laid down by Bacon, that poesy " doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shows of tilings to the desires of the mind, whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things." In the language of the intellect — prose, the words employed mislead if they possess an over-suggestiveness,...

...can be found in the nature of things. Art doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason...and bow the mind unto the nature of things ;" and we must look for somothingbosidee beanty to fulfil the conditions laid down. Indeed, a highly original...

...can be found in the nature of things. Art doth raise and erect the mind by submitting the shews of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason...bow the mind unto the nature of things ; " and we must look for somethingbesides beauty to fulfil the conditions laid down. Indeed, a highly original...

...the nature of things. And therefore poetry was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind by submitting...buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things." Yes, and the nature of things will not submit to be set aside by the dreams of poetry, or of philanthropists...

...morality, and ' delectation. And^ therefore, it was ever thought to bear some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting...buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things." — On the Advancement of Learning. If Lord Bacon is right then there is nothing in the nature of a...

...grander real. " Poesy," says Lord Bacon, "was ever thought to have some participation of divinoness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting...reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things."1 The domain of high poetry is the sublime, the solemn, the terrible, the pathetic, the tender,...