 ... 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
 | Arthur H. R. Fairchild - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1914 - 216 pages
...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... | |
 | Dante Alighieri, Alfred Mansfield Brooks - Divine comedy - 1916 - 412 pages
...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...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet" I On one hand, as the Paradise advances, he must be little interested in words,... | |
 | Robert Lynd - Criticism - 1920 - 256 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... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - Liturgy and poetry - 1921 - 156 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... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - Criticism - 1921 - 458 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... | |
 | Robert Lynd - Criticism - 1921 - 304 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 the decline, and the most gloric"" poetry that has ever been communicated to the world is probably a feeble shadow of the original... | |
 | Elizabeth Atkins - American poetry - 1922 - 394 pages
...casting his work into shape before the metal cools. And his success is never complete. Shelley writes, "When composition begins, inspiration is already on...world is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet." 1 Hence may arise the pet theory of certain modern poets, that a long poem... | |
 | Frederick Clarke Prescott - Poetry - 1922 - 350 pages
...of prose. There was more poetry in Shelley's heart than could find expression in the finished lyric. "The most glorious poetry that has ever been communicated to the world," says Shelley himself, "is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet." l At best... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - Anthologies - 1923 - 252 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...a feeble shadow of the original conception of the poet. Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. We are... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - Literature - 1923 - 284 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...a feeble shadow of the original conception of the poet. Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds. We are... | |
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