“They were, therefore, in general, suggested by the scenes before them; and wherever such scenes appeared to harmonise with his disposition at the moment, the sentiments were involuntarily prompted.”

Landscape and mood are treated as partners that call the poem into being without calculation · Preface to the Sonnets, 1805

• Inspiration
• Nature
• Poetry

“Images drawn from nature are more poetical than images drawn from art.”

Distinguishing direct natural experience from artificial ornament · Essay, The Invariable Principles of Poetry

• Art
• Nature
• Poetry

“The images in poetry should always be drawn from nature, and not from art.”

Defending natural imagery as the foundation of poetic expression · Essay, The Invariable Principles of Poetry

• Nature
• Poetry