...display of original poetry, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions— a wildness «f thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odor. He was too fond of antithesis, and often too turgid in his style ; yet he paints, with the most...

...poriry, variegated with deep reflections and striking aJlosions; a wilderness of thought, in which tbe fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, and of every odour. This is one of the few poem* in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme, but with disadvantage....

...1 u In this poem," says Dr. Johnson, " Young has exhibited a very wide display of original p< eirv, variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions;...fancy scatters flowers of every hue, and of every odor." In 1750 Dr. Joseph Warton paid a very just and elegant tribute to the poetical reputation of...

...display of original pcelry. variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions; a wilderness o( thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, and of every odor." In 1750 Dr. Joseph Warton paid a very just and elegant tribute to the poetical reputation of...

...are comprehensive, a short quotation from them is subjoined : — " In his ' Night Thoughts ' Young has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry,...thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers t>f every hue and colour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be exchanged...

...by political prejudices. " In his Night Thought«," says the Doctor, speaking of our author, " he ha exhibited a very wide display of original poetry,...fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, »nJ of every odour. This is one of the few poems in which blank verse could not be changed for rhyme,...

...Thoughts," which abound with ornate images, but are often obscure. "In his 'Night Thoughts,' Young has exhibited a very wide display of original poetry,...striking allusions, a wilderness of thought, in which the ferON DATSTIEL TEARS. HERE, friend, is little Daniel's tomb, To Joseph's age he did arrive ; Sloth...

...very wide display of original poetry varied with deep reflections and striking allusions, a wildness of thought in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and order ; the excellence not consisting so much in exactness as copiousness. For these reasons, possibly,...

...display of original pi eit». variegated with deep reflections and striking allusions- a wilderne»* 'A thought, in which the fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue, auii M every odor." In 1756 Dr. Joseph Warton paid a very just and elegant tribute to the j.« etical...

...Thoughts," a poem of great merit. Dr. Johnson describes it as "a wilderness of thought, in which tho fertility of fancy scatters flowers of every hue and of every odour.'' James Thomson — 1700-1758. Born at Eclnam, in Roxburghshire, and studied in the University of Edinburgh....