...and the conscious portions of our natures are unprophetic either of its approach or its departure. Could this influence be durable in its original purity...decline, and the most glorious poetry that has ever been com- | municated to the world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet....

...the conscious por- x tions of our natures are unprophetic either of its approach or its departure. Could this influence be durable in its original purity...composition begins, inspiration is already on the decline,, '^J' ' and the most glorious poetry that has ever been com-i,v » f.municated to the world is probably...

...are unprophetic either of its \ v. aroach^QiL us departure. [Could this influence be r ^ departure. durable in its original purity and force, it is impossible to predict the greatness of the results PSgition begins, inspiration is already on the decline; audible most glorious poetry that has ever...

...the dash. Sh. e. 6 our natures are unprophetic either of its ap- Sh. d. i proach or its departure. Could this influence be durable in its original purity and force, it is p. 27 impossible to predict the greatness of the results : but when composition oegins inspiration...

...fast upon Dryden's mind that his only difficulty was to choose and reject. And Shelley tells us that "the most glorious poetry that has ever been communicated...feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet." Any one who reads his Skylark must realise this. The image of the skylark itself is a mere centre about...

...images for weeks; images came uncalled for and "rising up like exhalations." And Shelley tells us that "the most glorious poetry that has ever been communicated...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original 1 Other differences aside, the greater variety of types of imagery likely to be found in the average...

...thoughts have DANTE been like, which filled Dante's head, and heart, if we believe, with Shelley, that, "when composition begins, inspiration is already on...shadow of the original conceptions of the poet" I On one hand, as the Paradise advances, he must be little interested in words, and all of power they...

...••//.'/ ///; been like, which filled Dante's head, and heart, if we believe, with Shelley, that, "when composition begins, inspiration is already on...feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet" 1 On one hand, as the Paradise advances, he must be little interested in words, and all of power they...

...and the conscious portions of our natures are unprophetic either of its approach or its departure. Could this influence be durable in its original purity...inspiration is already on the decline, and the most gloric"" poetry that has ever been communicated to the world is probably a feeble shadow of the original...

...casting his work into shape before the metal cools. And his success is never complete. Shelley writes, "When composition begins, inspiration is already on...feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet." 1 Hence may arise the pet theory of certain modern poets, that a long poem is an impossibility. Short...