 Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, "I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it; for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence,...  Shelley - Page 114by John Addington Symonds - 1879 - 189 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1840 - 256 pages
...exerted according •TO the dull'l munition of the will. A man cannot say, ' 1 will compose poctrv." The greatest poet even cannot say it ; for the mind in creation is as a fadingf coal, which some invisible influence, like an incon-j slant wind, awakens to transitory brightness... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1845 - 186 pages
...soar? j Poetry is not like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, " I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it ; for the jniud in creation is as a . fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an / inconstant wind,... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 512 pages
...tells •as," is not, like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, ' I will compose poetry.' The greatest...for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which st>me invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness; this power arises... | |
 | Richard Holt Hutton, Walter Bagehot - 1856 - 512 pages
...tells us, " is not, like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, ' I will compose poetry.' The greatest...poet even cannot say it ; for the mind in creation rs as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory... | |
 | William Swinton - 1880 - 694 pages
...• Poetry is not, like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, " I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it; for the mind in 30 creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp - 1882 - 422 pages
...greatest poet cannot say it, for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some irresistible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory...brightness. This power arises from within, like the color of a flower which dims and changes as it is developed, and the conscious portions of our nature... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 pages
...greatest poet cannot aay it, for the mind in creation if. a» a fading coal, which some irresistible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory...brightness. This power arises from within, like the color of a Mower which dims and changes as it is developed, and the conscious portions of our nature... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 pages
...productions exemplified hie words has Ntld : " A man cannot sny, I will write poetry ; the greatest poet cannot say it, for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some irresistible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness. This power arises... | |
 | William Swinton - 1886 - 690 pages
...soar? Poetry is not, like reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, " I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it; for the mind in3o creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens... | |
 | William Swinton - 1888 - 686 pages
...? Poetry is not, like rta ;oning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, " I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot say it; for the mind in 30 creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to... | |
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