John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Edgar Allan Poe. (1809–1849) (continued) |
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| The object, Truth, or the satisfaction of the intellect, and the object, Passion, or the excitement of the heart, are, although attainable, to a certain extent, in poetry, far more readily attainable in prose. |
| The Philosophy of Composition. |
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| I would define, in brief, the Poetry of words as the Rhythmical Creation of Beauty. Its sole arbiter is Taste. |
| The poetic Principle. |
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| Can it be fancied that Deity ever vindictively Made in his image a mannikin merely to madden it? 1 |
| The Rationale of Verse. |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning. (1806–1861) |
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| There Shakespeare, on whose forehead climb The crowns o’ the world; oh, eyes sublime With tears and laughter for all time! |
| A Vision of Poets. |
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| And Chaucer, with his infantine Familiar clasp of things divine. |
| A Vision of Poets. |
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| And Marlowe, Webster, Fletcher, Ben, Whose fire-hearts sowed our furrows when The world was worthy of such men. |
| A Vision of Poets. |
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| Knowledge by suffering entereth, And life is perfected by death. |
| A Vision of Poets. Conclusion. |
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| Oh, the little birds sang east, and the little birds sang west. |
| Toll slowly. |
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| And I smiled to think God’s greatness flowed around our incompleteness, Round our restlessness His rest. |
| Rhyme of the Duchess. |
| Note 1. FitzGerald: Omar Khayyám. What! out of senseless Nothing to provoke A conscious Something to resent the yoke. [back] |