First Follow Nature: Primitivism in English Poetry, 1725-1750

admiration aesthetic Akenside Allan Ramsay ancient bard beast beauty benevolence blessings century chain Chal charm classical Colley Cibber Collins contemplation cultural primitivism delight divine Dods Edward Young eighteenth eighteenth-century poets Epistle Essay ev'ry evil gardens genius gloom grace grandeur Grotto groves happy heart heaven Horace human Ibid ideal infinite inspired irregularity James Thomson John John Bancks John Dalton John Winstanley Joseph Warton joys Lady literary London luxury Mallet man's melancholy Milton Misc Miscellany modern moral muse Nature Nature's noble savage o'er passage passions pastoral peace Pindar Pleasures poetic poetry poets poor Pope Pope's praise pride primitivism primitivistic Prose Ramsay reason Richard Savage Richmond Park ruins rural retirement sacred Satire scenes sentiment shade Shakespeare solitude Somervile Song soul Spectator Stephen Duck taste theme Thomas Thomas Warton thought thro tradition tribute universe verse virtue Warton Jr Wesley wild William wonder writers XVII XVIII