ABSTRACT
Other poetical works, of various talent, still claim our attention. Among these, we must by no means omit to notice the Lyrical Ballads, now avowed to be the work of Mr. Wordsworth; assisted by a very few contributions from his friends. Though the style of simplicity, professedly adopted in these poems, may sometimes disappoint the reader, yet the principle of preferring the value of ideas to the sound of words, and the truth of nature and passion to the splendour of ornament, is so very salutary in the present state of public taste, that we cannot feel a critical duty more strong, than that of recommending it by every favourable example; and many such will certainly be found in Mr. W.’s volumes.
