..." 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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...