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" Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong: They learn in suffering what they teach in song. "
Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley - Page 23
by Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1824 - 415 pages
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The Kaleidoscope: or, Literary and scientific mirror, Volume 8

1828 - 454 pages
...poverty ; and in him has been completely verified the beautiful axiom of PB Shelley — "' Men aro cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach In song I" Yours, truly, R. As I walked out one summer's morn Down by the green wood side, The winds were softly...
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian

Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...spirit was then entering, he expired, aged twelve years. JOHN SCOTT. POETRY. THE DIVER. BY MRS. HEMANS. -Wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong; They learn in suffering, what they teach in song. THOU hast been where the rocks of coral grow, Thou hast fought with eddying waves ; Thy cheek is pale,...
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Somerset House Gazette and Literary Museum, Or, Weekly Miscellany of Fine ...

1824 - 406 pages
...adorn. The colour of his mind seemed yet unworn : For the wild language of his grief was high — Such as in measure were called poetry. And I remember one remark, which then Maddalo made : h« said—' Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong : They learn in suliering what they...
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Broadstone of Honor

Kenelm Henry Digby - 1826 - 330 pages
...whose grief was high, " Such as in measure were called poetry." : x » a poet of our time proceeds -I remember one remark, which then Maddalo made : he said — ' most wretched men ii ' Are cradled into poetry by wrong : - . * ™* They learn in suffering what they teach in song...
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The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...his mind scem'd yet umvm; For the wild language of his grief WM hif1'Such as in measure were cnll'd and favor Beyond all other regiments ; and thou «ee'st We follow not the common herd. roen 434 1 «fi 187 A re cradled into poetry by wrong : They learn in suffering what they teach in...
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The Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, with His Life, Volume 1

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1834 - 888 pages
...The colours of his mind seemed yet unworn ; For the wild language of his grief was high— • Such as in measure were called poetry. And I remember one remark, which then jMaddalo made: he said — "Most wretched men jAre cradled into poetry by wrong : TThey learn.in suffering...
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Jerningham; Or, The Inconsistent Man ...

Sir John William Kaye - 1836 - 1050 pages
..." Sorrow is egotistical, Margaret. Poetry is the child of sorrow ; — your own poet has said that Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach iu song. It is very true, Margaret, but it is strange that they should desire to teach. But will you...
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The British and Foreign Review: Or, European Quarterly Journal, Volume 6

1838 - 772 pages
...effects upon the spirit and intellect of Gray. We do not indeed altogether subscribe to the notion that " men Are cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach in song;" nor that great minds, like the camomile, must be trodden upon and crushed before they will put forth...
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volume 31

468 pages
...Life would be solved, and the hope, which we call heaven, would be realized on earth. And therefore men " Are cradled into poetry by wrong : They learn in suffering what they teach in song." — R. Monckton Milnes. KINOUL.TON STONE. (An ancient Legend.) A stone stands in Kinoulton town Whilome...
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The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats: Complete in One Volume

Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1838 - 634 pages
...seem'd yet unworn ; For the wild language of his grief was high — Such as in measure were call'd poetry. And I remember one remark, which then Maddalo made : he said — " Moil wretched men 434 Are cradled into poetry by wrong : They learn in mill-ring what they teach...
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