 ... upon the fingers. — is not the whole art of poetry. We would entreat him to believe, that a certain portion of liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem ; and that a poem in the present day, to be read, must contain at least...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2761808Full view - About this book
 | 1811 - 450 pages
...read, must contain at least one thought, cither in a little degree different from the ideas of some writers, or differently expressed. We put it to his...there is any thing so deserving the name of poetry in vtrses like the following, written in 1 806, and whether, if a youth of eighteen could say any thing... | |
 | 1814 - 558 pages
...liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem ; and that a poem, in the present day, to be read, must contain at least one thought, either...of former writers, or differently expressed. We put il to his candour, whether there is any thing so deserving the name of poetry in verses like the following,... | |
 | 1814 - 556 pages
...liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem ; and that a poem, in the present day, to be read, must contain at least one thought, either...of poetry in verses like the following, written in 1 806, and whether, if a youth of eighteen could say any thing so uninteresting to his ancestors, a... | |
 | Charles James - 1817 - 294 pages
...liveliness, some" what of fancy is necessary to constitute a poem ; " and that a poem, in the present day, to be read, " must contain, at least, one thought, either in a " little degree different from the idi^as of former " writers, or differently expressed." page 286. Lord Byron's Poems. I hope the following... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 404 pages
...liveliness, somewhat of. fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem.; and that a poem in the present day, to be read , must contain at least one thought , either...of poetry in verses like the following, written in i806, and whether, if a youth of eighteen could say any thing go uninteresting to his ancestors , a... | |
 | John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem ; and that a poem in the present day, to be read, must contain at least one thought either...of poetry in verses like the following, written in 1 806, and whether, if a youth of eighteen could say any thing so uninteresting to his ancestors, a... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1822 - 200 pages
...liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem, and that a poem in the present day, to be read, must contain at least one thought, either...of poetry in verses like the following, written in i806; and whether, if a youth of eighteen could say any thing so uninteresting to his ancestors, a... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 546 pages
...liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem, and that a poem in the present day, to be read, must contain at least one thought, either...of poetry in verses like the following, written in i806; and whether, if » youth of eighteen could say any thing so uninteresting to his ancestors, a... | |
 | George Clinton (biographer of Byron.) - 1825 - 314 pages
...liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem ; and that a poem in the present day, to be read, must contain at least one thought either...of poetry in verses like the following, written in J806? and whether, if a youth of eighteen could say any thing so uninteresting to his ancestors, a... | |
 | George Clinton - 1828 - 888 pages
...liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem ; and that a poem in the present day, to be read, must contain at least one thought either...deserving the name of poetry in verses like the following, •ritten in 1806? and whether, if a youth of eighteen could say any thing so uninteresting to his... | |
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