Proto-Romanticism: Thomson compared to Wordsworth.  The idea of landscape in Thomson; the adverting mind in Wordsworth, which you don't quite begin to find in Thomson, who wishes a Newtonian view from nowhere (hence the verses in memory of Newton).  Collins is far more about the experience of the experience of being a poet.  The Ode to Fear.

Proto-Romanticism: Thomson compared to Wordsworth. The idea of landscape in Thomson; the adverting mind in Wordsworth, which you don't quite begin to find in Thomson, who wishes a Newtonian view from nowhere (hence the verses in memory of Newton). Collins is far more about the experience of the experience of being a poet. The Ode to Fear.

Proto-Romanticism: Thomson compared to Wordsworth.&nbsp; The idea of landscape in Thomson; the adverting mind in Wordsworth, which you don't quite begin to find in Thomson, who wishes a Newtonian view from nowhere (hence the verses in memory of Newton).&nbsp; Collins is far more about the experience of the experience of being a poet.&nbsp; The Ode to Fear.

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