 ... when composition begins, inspiration is already on the decline, and the most glorious poetry that has ever been communicated to the world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet.  The Textual Condition - Page 8by Jerome J. McGann - 1991 - 208 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | George Saintsbury - English language - 1885 - 432 pages
...durable in its original purity and force, it is impossible to predict the greatness of the results ; but when composition begins, inspiration is already on...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet. I appeal to the greatest poets of the present day, whether it is not an error... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...durable in its original purity and force, it is impossible to predict the greatness of the results ; but when composition begins, inspiration is already on...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of 40 the poet. I appeal to the greatest poets of the present day, whether it is not an... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1888 - 426 pages
...durable in its original purity and force, it is impossible to predict the greatness of the results ; but when composition begins, inspiration is already on...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet. I appeal to the greatest poets of the present day, whether it is not an error... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley, Albert Stanburrough Cook - Poetry - 1890 - 120 pages
...15 in its original purity and force, it is impossible to predict the greatness of the results ; but when composition begins^ inspiration is already on...been communicated to the world is probably a feeble sjiadow of the origins] conceptions of the poet. I appeal to the greatest poets of the present day... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - Digital images - 1891 - 124 pages
...its original purity and force, it is impossible to predict the greatness of the results; but when 1 composition begins, inspiration is already on the,...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet. I appeal to the greatest poets of the present day whether it is not an error... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - Digital images - 1891 - 124 pages
...the greatness of the results ; but when composition begins, inspiration is already on the dgcJifle, and the most glorious poetry that has ever been communicated to the world is probably a 20 j feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the /poet. I appeal to the greatest poets of the... | |
 | American fiction - 1927 - 554 pages
...Words, like Nature, half reveal And half conceal the soul within. So Shelley as critic affirms that "the most glorious poetry that has ever been communicated...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet," while Shelley as poet cries .... Woe is me! The winged words on which my... | |
 | Humanities - 1926 - 536 pages
...Words, like Nature, half reveal And half conceal the soul within. So Shelley as critic affirms that "the most glorious poetry that has ever been communicated...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet," while Shelley as poet cries — The winged words on which my soul would pierce... | |
 | Ernest Rhys - English poetry - 1897 - 250 pages
...durable in its original purity and force, it is impossible to predict the greatness of the results ; but when composition begins, inspiration is already on...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet. I appeal to the greatest poets of the present day, whether it is not an error... | |
 | 1894 - 706 pages
...is impossible to predict the greatness of the results; bnt when composition begins, inspiration ia already on the decline, and the most glorious poetry...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet. I appeal to the greatest poets of the present day, whether it is not an error... | |
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