...In the Preface to his first publication, the juvenile poems before alluded to, he had written — " I expect neither profit nor general fame by my writings...been amply repaid without either. Poetry has been to roe its own 'exceeding great reward:' it has soothed my afflictions; it has multiplied and refined...

...<7 OF MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, MORAL, RELIGIOUS, SENTIMENTAL, AND AMUSING. BY HS GIBSON. "The study of Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward ; it has soothed my afflictions ; it has multipliedj^nd refined my enjoyments; it has given me (or at least strengthened in me) the habit to...

...eloquent words of Coleridge: " I expect from them neither profit nor general fame; and I consider myself amply repaid without either. Poetry has been to me its own exceeding great reward. It possesses power to soothe affliction, — to multiply and refine enjoyment, — to endear solitude,...

...(Jharit* <§illm*m. V V Im rS * POETRY OF LIFE SARAH STICKNEY, AUTHOR OF " 1'ICTURKS OF PRIVATE LIFE.' "Poetry has been to me its own exceeding 'great reward.' It has soothed my afflictions, it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude ; and it has given me the habit of wishing to...

...429171 ARTES SCIENT1A VERITAS ' PUBLISHED BY In 3 vols. 12mo., THE POETRY OF LIFE, by Sarah Stickney. " Poetry has been to me its own ' exceeding great reward.' It has soothed my afflictions, it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude, and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover...

...drinking-song, for him I have not written. Intelligibilia, non intellection adfero. I expect neither profit or general fame by my writings; and I consider myself...having been amply repaid without either. Poetry has heen to me its own " exceeding great reward:" it has soothed my afflictions ; it has multiplied and...

...he admires in a drinking-song, for him I have not written. Intelligibilia, non intellectum adfero. I expect neither profit nor general fame by my writings ; and I consider myself as having been amply repayed without either. Poetry has been to me its own " exceeding great reward ;" it has soothed my...

...prayer for you shall be, May you in pious love be all the three. MONTGOMERY. POETRY, says COLERIDGE has been to me, " its own exceeding great reward ;" it has soothed my affliction* ; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude; and it has given...

...admires in a drink" ing-song for him, I have not written. Intel" ligibilia, non intellectum adfero. " I expect neither profit nor general fame by " my writings...it has soothed my afflictions; it has " multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has " endeared solitude ; and it has given me the " habit of wishing...

...admires in a drink" ing-song for him, I have not written. Intel" ligibilia, non intellectum adfero. " I expect neither profit nor general fame by " my writings...Poetry " has been to me its own ' exceeding great re" ward ;' it has soothed my afflictions ; it has " multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has...