Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... poetry and annals are alike . The instinct of the mind , the purpose of nature betrays itself in the use we make of the signal narrations of history . Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts . No anchor , no cable ...
... poetry and annals are alike . The instinct of the mind , the purpose of nature betrays itself in the use we make of the signal narrations of history . Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts . No anchor , no cable ...
Page 174
... poetry of God , -poetry without stop , hymn , ode , and epic , poetry still flowing , and not yet caked in dead books with an- notation and grammar , but Apollo and the Muses chanting still . Will these too separate themselves from me ...
... poetry of God , -poetry without stop , hymn , ode , and epic , poetry still flowing , and not yet caked in dead books with an- notation and grammar , but Apollo and the Muses chanting still . Will these too separate themselves from me ...
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... poets . Poetry and prudence should be coincident . Poets should be lawgivers ; that is , the boldest lyric in- spiration should not chide and insult , but should announce and lead the civil code , and the day's work . But now the two ...
... poets . Poetry and prudence should be coincident . Poets should be lawgivers ; that is , the boldest lyric in- spiration should not chide and insult , but should announce and lead the civil code , and the day's work . But now the two ...
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