The Poetical Miscellany Of Morals And Religion

Author : Robert Montgomery
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243443321
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Poetry written by Robert Montgomery and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-02-19 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Religion and Poetry: Being Selections Spiritual and Moral, From the Poetical Works of the Rev. R. Montgomery, M. An. Oxon Mr. Montgomery's keen, poetical perception of the beauties of nature is deeply felt in this, as in so many other passages in his works. Yet, however many beauties of this order may present themselves in this author's pages, it cannot be denied that his religious, his eminently christian, and (used in no party sense) his peculiarly evangelical tone of thought and feeling, is what mainly distinguishes him from the common herd of his contemporaries - nay, what has affixed a character istic and distinctive mark to his poetry regarded as a whole, which will probably secure him his own peculiar and separate niche (if we may so word it) in the literature of his native country. Of course it is not to be inferred that the religious grandeur of a Milton, or the mild and fervent piety of a Keble, combined in either case with whatever special views, is dis paraged by this statement. But it is contended, that a system atic and intellectual exposition of Christianity in the guise of poetry, has nowhere been so attempted, or so consistently achieved as in the poems of Robert Montgomery. It is for this cause that the distinctive title of this work (whether Poetry and Religion or The Religion of Poetry I know not), has been assumed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.