Note 530 — Chapter XIV · THE LITERARY ART AND GENIUS OF LUCRETIUS.

Cp. 'Keats has, above all, a sense of what is pleasurable and open in the life of Nature; for him she is the Alma Parens: his expression has, therefore, more than Guérin's, something genial, outward, and sensuous. Guérin has above all a sense of what there is adorable and secret in the life of Nature; for him she is the Magna Parens; his expression has, therefore, more than Keats', something mystic, inward, and profound.' Essays in Criticism, by M. Arnold, p. 130. Third Edition.