The Prelude to Poetry: The English Poets in Defence and Praise of Their ArtErnest Rhys J. M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1927 - 292 |
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... give us the whole philosophy of the subject , it affords as much theory as is likely to be listened to profitably within hearing of the muse herself . The Prelude to Poetry originally opened a series of Lyric Poets , whose volumes were ...
... give us the whole philosophy of the subject , it affords as much theory as is likely to be listened to profitably within hearing of the muse herself . The Prelude to Poetry originally opened a series of Lyric Poets , whose volumes were ...
Strona ix
... , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . Add Ben Jonson's comment on that poetic rapture which transcends our human doctrine : " It riseth higher INTRODUCTION ix.
... , the poet's pen Turns them to shapes , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name . Add Ben Jonson's comment on that poetic rapture which transcends our human doctrine : " It riseth higher INTRODUCTION ix.
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... give you a neerer example of my selfe , who ( I knowe not by what mischance ) in these my not old yeres and idelest times , having slipt into the title of a Poet , am provoked to say somthing unto you in the defence of that my unelected ...
... give you a neerer example of my selfe , who ( I knowe not by what mischance ) in these my not old yeres and idelest times , having slipt into the title of a Poet , am provoked to say somthing unto you in the defence of that my unelected ...
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... give artificial rules , which still are compassed within the circle of a question , according to the proposed matter . The Phisition waigheth the nature of a mans bodie , and the nature of things helpeful , or hurtefull unto it . And ...
... give artificial rules , which still are compassed within the circle of a question , according to the proposed matter . The Phisition waigheth the nature of a mans bodie , and the nature of things helpeful , or hurtefull unto it . And ...
Strona 15
... ballance the highest poynt of mans wit with the efficacie of Nature : but rather give right honor to the heavenly Maker of that maker : who having made man to his owne likenes , set him beyond and over AN APOLOGIE FOR POETRIE 15.
... ballance the highest poynt of mans wit with the efficacie of Nature : but rather give right honor to the heavenly Maker of that maker : who having made man to his owne likenes , set him beyond and over AN APOLOGIE FOR POETRIE 15.
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Strona 171 - Phoebus lifts his golden fire: The birds in vain their amorous descant join, Or cheerful fields resume their green attire: These ears alas! for other notes repine; A different object do these eyes require; My lonely anguish melts no heart but mine; And in my breast the imperfect joys expire; Yet Morning smiles the busy race to cheer, And new-born pleasure brings to happier men; The fields to all their wonted tribute bear; To warm their little loves the birds complain. I fruitless mourn to him that...
Strona ix - Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold ; That is, the madman : the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt...
Strona 270 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat...
Strona 226 - The cultivation of those sciences which have enlarged the limits of the empire of man over the external world, has, for want of the poetical faculty, proportionally circumscribed those of the internal world ; and man, having enslaved the elements, remains himself a slave.
Strona 27 - ... cometh to you with words set in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for, the well enchanting skill of music; and with a tale forsooth he cometh unto you, with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner.
Strona 168 - The most effective of these causes are the great national events which are daily taking place, and the increasing accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity of their occupations produces a craving for extraordinary incident, which the rapid communication of intelligence hourly gratifies.
Strona 245 - I am a member ; that sort distinguished from the Wordsworthian, or egotistical Sublime ; which is a thing per se, and stands alone), it is not itself — it has no self- -It is every thing and nothing...
Strona 244 - I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and not by singularity ; it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.
Strona 172 - such as Angels weep," but natural and human tears ; she can boast of no celestial ichor that distinguishes her vital juices from those of Prose ; the same human blood circulates through the veins of them both.
Strona 246 - Knowing within myself (he says) the manner in which this Poem has been produced, it is not without a feeling of regret that I make it public.— What manner I mean, will be quite clear to the reader, who must soon perceive great inexperience, immaturity, and every error denoting a feverish attempt, rather than a deed accomplished.'— Preface, p.