 | 1849 - 604 pages
...leaving him in the luxury of twilight.' He disliked all poetical surprises, and affirmed that poetry ' should strike * the reader as a wording of his own...highest thoughts, and ' appear almost a remembrance.' Shelley's genius, like the eagle he describes, ' Runs down the slanted sunlight of the dawn.' But,... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 572 pages
...correspondence. There are some fine examples of criticism in some of these letters. For example : — 1st. I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and...wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a resemblance. 2nd. Its touches of beauty should never be halfway, thereby making the reader breathless,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1848 - 616 pages
...correspondence. There are some fine examples of criticism in some of these letters. For example : — 1st. I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and...wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a resemblance. 2nd. Its touches of beauty should never be halfway, thereby making the reader breathless,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1848 - 602 pages
...correspondence. There are some fine examples of criticism in some of these letters. For example : — 1st. I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and...wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a resemblance. 2nd. Its touches of beauty should never be halfway, thereby making the reader breathless,... | |
 | English literature - 1849 - 636 pages
...reach Homer." " In poetry I have a few axioms, and you will see how far I am from their centre. 1st, I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and...not by singularity; it should strike the reader as the wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. 2rf, Its touches of beauty... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1850 - 604 pages
...leaving him in the luxury of twilight." He disliked all poetical surprises, aud affirmed that poetry "should strike the reader as a wording of his own...highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance." Shelley's genius, like the eagle he describes, " Runs down the slanted sunlight of the dawn." But,... | |
 | 1850 - 600 pages
...leaving him in the luxury of twilight." He disliked all poetical surprises, aud affirmed that poetry " should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance." Shelley's genius, like the eagle he describes, " Runs down the slanted sunlight of the dawn." But,... | |
 | Biographical magazine - 1853 - 586 pages
...most feeling appreciation of its exquisiteness. Axiom 1. — " I think poetry should surprise by à fine excess, and not by singularity ; it should strike...highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. 2. — " Its touches of beauty should never be half-way, thereby making the reader breathless instead... | |
 | American essays - 1894 - 1020 pages
...scattered through his letters. Emphasizing the use of simple means in his art, he says, " I think that poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and not by...highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance." " We hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us. ... Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a... | |
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I think Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by Singularity — it should strike the Reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a Remembrance — 2nd. 
