John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Edgar Allan Poe. (1809–1849) (continued) |
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The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain extent, in poetry, far more readily attainable in prose. |
The Philosophy of Composition. |
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I would define, in brief, the Poetry of words as the Rhythmical Creation of Beauty. Its sole arbiter is Taste. |
The poetic Principle. |
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Can it be fancied that Deity ever vindictively Made in his image a mannikin merely to madden it? 1 |
The Rationale of Verse. |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. (1806–1861) |
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There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb The crowns o’ the world; oh, eyes sublime With tears and laughter for all time! |
A Vision of Poets. |
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And Chaucer, with his infantine Familiar clasp of things divine. |
A Vision of Poets. |
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And Marlowe, Webster, Fletcher, Ben, Whose fire-hearts sowed our furrows when The world was worthy of such men. |
A Vision of Poets. |
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Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death. |
A Vision of Poets. Conclusion. |
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Oh, the little birds sang east, and the little birds sang west. |
Toll slowly. |
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And I smiled to think God’s greatness flowed around our incompleteness, Round our restlessness His rest. |
Rhyme of the Duchess. |
Note 1. FitzGerald: Omar Khayyám. What! out of senseless Nothing to provoke A conscious Something to resent the yoke. [back] |