Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative of Those First Requisites of Their Art; with Markings of the Best Passages, Critical Notices of the Writers, and an Essay in Answer to the Question, "What is Poetry?"Wiley and Putnam, 1845 - 255 pages |
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... round of beauty it must needs include beauty of sound ; and because , in the height of its enjoyment , it must show the per- fection of its triumph , and make difficulty itself become part of its facility and joy . And lastly , Poetry ...
... round of beauty it must needs include beauty of sound ; and because , in the height of its enjoyment , it must show the per- fection of its triumph , and make difficulty itself become part of its facility and joy . And lastly , Poetry ...
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... round its height Montereggione crowns itself with towers , So tower'd above the circuit of that pit , Though but half out of it , and half within , The horrible giants that fought Jove , and still Are threaten'd when he thunders . As we ...
... round its height Montereggione crowns itself with towers , So tower'd above the circuit of that pit , Though but half out of it , and half within , The horrible giants that fought Jove , and still Are threaten'd when he thunders . As we ...
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... round to their only present final ground of sympathy -the human . When we go to heaven , we may idealize in a superhuman mode , and have altogether different notions of the beautiful ; but till then , we must be content with the ...
... round to their only present final ground of sympathy -the human . When we go to heaven , we may idealize in a superhuman mode , and have altogether different notions of the beautiful ; but till then , we must be content with the ...
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... round about his head She put the glory of a golden mist , From which there burnt a fiery - flaming light . And as , when smoke goes heaven - ward from a town , In some far island which its foes besiege , Who all day long with dreadful ...
... round about his head She put the glory of a golden mist , From which there burnt a fiery - flaming light . And as , when smoke goes heaven - ward from a town , In some far island which its foes besiege , Who all day long with dreadful ...
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... round , for they foresaw Calamity ; and the charioteers were smitten , When they beheld the ever - active fire Upon the dreadful head of the great - minded one Burning ; for bright - eyed Pallas made it burn . Thrice o'er the trench ...
... round , for they foresaw Calamity ; and the charioteers were smitten , When they beheld the ever - active fire Upon the dreadful head of the great - minded one Burning ; for bright - eyed Pallas made it burn . Thrice o'er the trench ...
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