...Indolence ' ; but he speaks with something of enthusiasm of the ' Seasons,' observing that Thomson ' looks round on Nature and on life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet.' When he adds that the reader of the ' Seasons ' ' wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shows...

...numbers, his pauses, his diction, are of his own growth, without transcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as...on life with the eye which nature bestows only on the poet : the eye which distinguishes, in every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on...

...favor of The Seasons, and forgot his hostility to Spenserism in commenting on The Castle of Indolence. 'He thinks always as a man of genius; he looks round...with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet,' was Johnson's summary of his abilities. FROM SUMMER Low walks the sun, and broadens by degrees, Just...

...Spenserism a commenting on The ('antic of Indolence. 'lie thinks always as a man of genius; he l"oks her who tries; s Her who still weeps with spongy eyes, And her who is dry cork was Johnson's summary of his abilities. FROM SUMMER Low walks the sun, and broadens by degrees. Just...

...Spenserism in commenting on The Castle of Indolence, 'lie thinks always as a man of genius; he lqpks_rpund on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet,' was Johnson's summary of his abilities. FROM SUMMER Low walks the sun, and broadens by degrees, Just...

...with an idea of legitimate poetry, recommended by the utmost felicity of imagery and expression. " He looks round on Nature and on Life, with the eye...bestows only on a poet ; the eye that distinguishes, in every thing- presented to its view, whatever there is OB which imagination can delight to be detained...

...ordinary men. Thomson viewed "every thing in a poetical light"; "He thinks in a peculiar train ... he looks round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet", "Every thing appeared to him through the medium of his favourite pursuit. He could not have viewed...

...skeptical about the |x>litical enthusiasm of poet-patriots, regarded Thomson not as a patriot but a "poet": "he looks round on Nature and on Life with the eye which Nature bestows only on a poet [emphasis added], the eye that distinguishes in every thing presented to it whatever there is on which...

...made by the poet, who, like the traveler, thus refreshes himself and those that accompany him. " He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as...on life with the eye which Nature bestows only on the poet ; the eye that distinguishes every thing presented to its view, whatever there is on which...

...numbers, his paufes, his diction, are of his own growth, without tranfcription, without imitation. He thinks in a peculiar train, and he thinks always as...round on Nature and on Life, with the eye which Nature beflows only on a poet ; the eye that diftinguidies, in every thing prefented to its view, whatever...