...all the treasures / That in books are found, / Thy skill to poet were, thou scomer of the ground! / Teach me half the gladness / That thy brain must know,...world should listen then — as I am listening now " (v. 96-105). dichterische Inspiration in ein erwünschtes then differiert, macht er zugleich in dem...

...Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know;...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. IAMBIC TRIMETER ( - 7 - 7 -' ) The three-foot iambic is also a brief line length. The meter and shortness...

...appreciation of "delightful sound" ample but expectant of better. WILLIAM JAMES'S "SPRINGS OF DELIGHT" Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...flow The world should listen then, as I am listening now!108 James was learned but preferred to learn. He thought our happiness the antithesis of madness,...

...of the uninspiring pastime of road-making clearly betray a bit of temper? 58 10 Harmonious Madness Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...The world should listen then, as I am listening now! To a Skylark: PB SHELLEY IT was not to the harmonious madness from Shelley's lips I had been listening,...

...Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...The world should listen then, as I am listening now! Mejor que todas las cadencias de sonidos placenteros, mejor que todos los tesoros que en los libros...

...(¿Preguntas por qué cantan los pájaros? El gorrión, la paloma, el tordo dicen, "¡Yo amo y yo amo!") Teach half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious...The world should listen then, as I am Listening now. 3 (Enséñame la mitad del gozo, que tú debes conocer, locura tan armoniosa de mis labios fluiría,...

...height of song which is the bird's natural element: "Teach me half the gladness / That thy brain doth know, / Such harmonious madness / From my lips would...world should listen then — as / I am listening now" (229). While it is this unalloyed gladness of the skylark to which the thrush's song most directly...

...and even spirits to emulate, Shelley ends his poem with an all but obligatory address to the skylark: Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...world should listen then — as I am listening now. Here is primitive as the twentieth- century romantic poet understood it and preferred it. It is almost...

...you will face the truth accurately. Here are one poet's words upon hearing a skylark singing: . . . Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know;...madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then-as I am listening now. -PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY, "To a Skylark " 12 Senses The insights provided...