English studies . il,the woe of the world, the universal Weltschmerz; atriple desolation, shut out from all redress in thefuture since the skies are void ; isolated in thepresent by the incurable ill of personality ; aprisoner of the past and of the thousand inheritedfatalities which make of any living soul the mereunconscious sport of the vanished tendencies of its THE POETRY OF MARY ROBINSON. 177 ancestors. In this century of philosophic thought,no poet has gone deeper into the abyss of moralsuffering ; but the habit of abstract reflection whichchills so many poetic thinkers, is rapt and van
English studies . il,the woe of the world, the universal Weltschmerz; atriple desolation, shut out from all redress in thefuture since the skies are void ; isolated in thepresent by the incurable ill of personality ; aprisoner of the past and of the thousand inheritedfatalities which make of any living soul the mereunconscious sport of the vanished tendencies of its THE POETRY OF MARY ROBINSON. 177 ancestors. In this century of philosophic thought,no poet has gone deeper into the abyss of moralsuffering ; but the habit of abstract reflection whichchills so many poetic thinkers, is rapt and vanishedaway by the mood of ardent feeling which suffusesthis eager mind. And Destiny ? Is the fate of man a thing fortears ? Is there no hope ? Yes, answers science,which, having dashed the light from our beliefs,suddenly illumines the dim Future with an un-expected ray, and an idealistic Darwinism. Adevelopment, not only of the physical, but thepsychic powers of man, inherits the consolations ofour ancestral 11
Size: 2819px × 887px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorwordsworthcollecti, booksubjectjoanofarcsaint14121431
