 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.  The Double Dealer - Page 1011923Full view - About this book
 | 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,... | |
 | John Keats - Poets, English - 1848 - 420 pages
...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...highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. 2nd. Its touches of beauty should never be halfway, thereby making the reader breathless, instead of... | |
 | Richard Monckton Milnes (1st baron Houghton.) - 1848 - 328 pages
...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...highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance. 2nd. Its touches of beauty should never be halfway, thereby making the reader breathless, instead of... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1848 - 616 pages
...are some fine examples of criticism in some of these letters. For example : — 1st. I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and not by singularity...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 - 1848 - 572 pages
...are some fine examples of criticism in some of these letters. For example : — 1st. I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and not by singularity...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
...are some fine examples of criticism in some of these letters. For example : — 1st. I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and not by singularity...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 - 566 pages
...letters. For example:— 1st. I think poetry should surprise by a fine excess, and not by smgularity ; it should strike the reader as a 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
...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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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,... | |
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