I have asked myself so often why I should be a poet more than other men, seeing how great a thing it is, — how great things are to be gained by it, what a thing to be in the mouth of Fame, — that at last the idea has grown so monstrously beyond my... Scribners Monthly - Página 4041878Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Leigh Hunt - 1828 - 500 páginas
..." Once upon a time." Perhaps, too, you have rather varied, " Here endeth the first lesson." * * * * I have asked myself so often why I should be a poet more than other men, seeing how great a thing it is,—how great things are to be gained by it, what a thing to be in the mouth of Fame,—that at last... | |
| Richard Monckton Milnes (1st baron Houghton.) - 1848 - 328 páginas
...among them ? How are the nymphs ? — I suppose they have led you a fine dance. Where are you now ? " I have asked myself so often why I should be a Poet...thing to be in the mouth of Fame, that at last the * Given entire in the first volume of " Lord Byron and some of his Contemporaries." idea has grown... | |
| John Keats - 1855 - 416 páginas
...bring its heavy penalty, that if one be a self-deluder, accounts must be balanced." Again to Hunt : " I have asked myself so often why I should be a Poet...thing it is, how great things are to be gained by it, that at last the idea has grown so monstrously beyond my seeming power of attainment, that the other... | |
| John Keats - 1856 - 326 páginas
...bring its heavy penalty, that if one be a self-deluder, accounts must be balanced." Again to Hunt : " I have asked myself so often why I should be a Poet...thing it is, how great things are to be gained by it, that at last the idea has grown BO monstrously beyond my seeming power of attainment, that the other... | |
| 1894 - 1020 páginas
...Keats's ambition trembled in the presence of Keats's conception of the magnitude of the poetic office. " I have asked myself so often why I should be a poet...more than other men, seeing how great a thing it is." Yet he had honest confidence. One cannot help liking him -for the fine audacity with which he pronounces... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1862 - 378 páginas
...down in the mouth lately at this work. These last two days, however, I have felt more confident — I have asked myself so often why I should be a poet...are to be gained by it — what a thing to be in the month of fame — that at last the idea has grown so monstrously beyond my seeming power of attainment... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1862 - 364 páginas
...down in the mouth lately at this work. These last two days, however, I have felt more confident—I have asked myself so often why I should be a poet...thing it is, how great things are to be gained by it—what a thing to be in the month of fame—that at last the idea has grown so monstrously beyond... | |
| John Keats - 1871 - 402 páginas
...Poet more than other men, seeing how great a thing it is, how great things are to be gained by it, that at last the idea has grown so monstrously beyond...day I nearly consented with myself to drop into a Phaethon. Yet 'tis a disgrace to fail even in a huge attempt, and at this moment, I drive the thought... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 364 páginas
...and here JUndymion was begun. His mind was full of the importance, almost solemnity of this outset. " I have asked myself so often why I should be a poet...fame, that at last the idea has grown so monstrously teyond my seeming power of attainment that the other day I nearly consented with myself to drop into... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 420 páginas
...and here Endymion was begun. His mind was full of the importance, almost solemnity of this outset. " I have asked myself so often why I should be a poet...men, seeing how great a thing it is, how great things arc to be gained by it, what a thing to be in the mouth of fame, that at last the idea has grown so... | |
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