... 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
| 1911 - 918 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...writers, or differently expressed. We put it to his candor, whtether there is anything so deserving the name of poetry in verses like the following, written... | |
| Theodore L. Flood, Frank Chapin Bray - 1911 - 450 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...writers, or differently expressed. We put it to his candor, whtether there is anything so deserving the name of poetry in verses like the following, written... | |
| Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1914 - 552 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...expressed. We put it to his candour, whether there is anything so deserving the name of poetry in verses like the following, written in 1806, and whether,... | |
| Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1914 - 524 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...degree different from the ideas of former writers, cr differently expressed. We put it to his candour, whether there is anything so deserving the name... | |
| Martha Hale Shackford, Margaret Judson - 1917 - 662 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...writers, or differently expressed. We put it to his candor, whether there is anything so deserving the name of poetry in verses like the following, written... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1922 - 514 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...whether, if a youth of eighteen could say any thing so 344 APPENDIX. [II. APPENDIX II. ARTICLE FROM THE EDINBURGH REVIEW, FOR JANUARY, 1808. Hours of Idleness... | |
| Timothy Dwight, Jedidiah Morse - 1815 - 192 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...ideas of former writers, or differently expressed." And again. "But whatever judgment may be passed on the poems of this noble minor, it seems we must... | |
| Victor Hugo - 2008 - 350 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...ideas of former writers, or differently expressed. " Lord Byron should also have a care of attempting what the greatest poets have done before him, for... | |
| Victor Hugo - 2008 - 350 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...ideas of former writers, or differently expressed. " Lord Byron should also have a care of attempting what the greatest poets have done before him, for... | |
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