The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson in Six Volumes, Volumes 7-8Wm. H. Wise, 1929 |
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... Poetry will never be a simple means , as when history or philosophy is rhymed , or laureate odes on state occasions are written . Itself must be its own end , or it is nothing . The difference between poetry and stock poetry is this ...
... Poetry will never be a simple means , as when history or philosophy is rhymed , or laureate odes on state occasions are written . Itself must be its own end , or it is nothing . The difference between poetry and stock poetry is this ...
Page 64
... poetry the little chamber in the brain where is generated the explosive force which , by gentle shocks , sets in action the intellectual world ? Bring us the bards who shall sing all ... poet who shall use Nature 64 POETRY AND IMAGINATION.
... poetry the little chamber in the brain where is generated the explosive force which , by gentle shocks , sets in action the intellectual world ? Bring us the bards who shall sing all ... poet who shall use Nature 64 POETRY AND IMAGINATION.
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... poetry , and I will show you where his poetry is not poetry ; or rather , I will show in his poetry no poetry at all . " I you I have heard that there is a hope which pre- cedes and must precede all science of the visible or the ...
... poetry , and I will show you where his poetry is not poetry ; or rather , I will show in his poetry no poetry at all . " I you I have heard that there is a hope which pre- cedes and must precede all science of the visible or the ...
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