Poetics, an Essay on PoetrySmith, Elder, and Company, 1852 - 294 páginas |
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... give his opinion , he may be told that in so doing he has begged the whole question , and that his methinketh must go for nothing , as not pro- fessing to be founded on a peculiar experience . The shortest way then of settling the point ...
... give his opinion , he may be told that in so doing he has begged the whole question , and that his methinketh must go for nothing , as not pro- fessing to be founded on a peculiar experience . The shortest way then of settling the point ...
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... give birth to poetic feeling , which would be as idle as to reckon up all the things that make one angry ; but we have to determine that state or mood of the mind called poetic . The definition must put no school beyond its pale ; it ...
... give birth to poetic feeling , which would be as idle as to reckon up all the things that make one angry ; but we have to determine that state or mood of the mind called poetic . The definition must put no school beyond its pale ; it ...
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... he thus embodied it in words and gave it an outward dwelling - place on paper . He felt it , and then he spoke out in words of fire . Now , although we may be unable to give such or any utterance to our 8 INTRODUCTION .
... he thus embodied it in words and gave it an outward dwelling - place on paper . He felt it , and then he spoke out in words of fire . Now , although we may be unable to give such or any utterance to our 8 INTRODUCTION .
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... give these forth , and to make others see what he has seen , and feel what he has felt . We may not have to boast of the accomplish- ment of verse ; our muse may be Tacita , the silent one , beloved of Numa ; but those feelings of the ...
... give these forth , and to make others see what he has seen , and feel what he has felt . We may not have to boast of the accomplish- ment of verse ; our muse may be Tacita , the silent one , beloved of Numa ; but those feelings of the ...
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... give it a name ; let the cup be the bit- terest , we can tell of the very lees . But to tell of the varying lights ... gives happiness , or that short happiness called pleasure . Thus Helvetius wrote a poem showing that it lies in the ...
... give it a name ; let the cup be the bit- terest , we can tell of the very lees . But to tell of the varying lights ... gives happiness , or that short happiness called pleasure . Thus Helvetius wrote a poem showing that it lies in the ...
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action activity Æschylus Aristotle artist Bacon beautiful believe belongs blank verse called chiefly Christ Christian classical Clement of Rome comparison couplet critics Divine doctrine doubt drama dramatic art dramatist Dugald Stewart employed endeavours English epic Euripides Euroclydon expression fact faculty faith former Freedom genius give Greek happiness heart heaven Hebrew Homer human idea Iliad imagery imagination imitative Immortality instinct Jeremy Collier kinds of poesy language latter law of poetry least less look lyrical manner means metaphor metre mind modern narrative nature never object perhaps philosopher pleasure plurality poem poet poetic feeling present prose reality reason regard remarkable rhyme romantic seen self-consciousness sense Shakespere shown simile simply Sir Philip Sidney song Sophocles soul speak spirit stanza tell theory things Thomas à Kempis thought tion true truly truth uncon utterance whole words Wordsworth
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Página 144 - Of Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse...
Página 203 - Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs; and Nature gave a second groan; Sky lour'd, and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...
Página 187 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
Página 293 - Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Página 106 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Página 144 - OF MAN'S first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, Heavenly Muse, that, on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos...
Página 193 - The stars of heaven a course are taught Too high above our human thought ; Ye may be found if ye are sought, And, as we gaze, we know. Ye dwell beside our paths and homes, Our paths of sin, our homes of sorrow; And guilty man, where'er he roams, Your innocent mirth may borrow. The birds of air before us fleet, They cannot brook our shame to meet ; But we may taste your solace sweet, And come again to-morrow. Ye fearless in your nests abide ; Nor may we scorn, too proudly wise, Your silent lessons,...
Página 54 - Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; infinity cannot be amplified; perfection cannot be improved.
Página 34 - My slumbers — if I slumber — are not sleep, But a continuance of enduring thought, Which then I can resist not : in my heart There is a vigil, and these eyes but close To look within ; and yet I live, and bear The aspect and the form of breathing men.
Página 37 - Of honourable gain; these fields, these hills Which were his living Being, even more Than his own blood — what could they less ? had laid Strong hold on his affections, were to him A pleasurable feeling of blind love, The pleasure which there is in life itself. On the other hand, in the poems which are pitched in a lower key, as the HARRY GILL...