...delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground! Teach me half the gladness That thy...The world should listen then, as I am listening now. IAMBIC TRIMETER ( - 7 - 7 -' ) The three-foot iambic is also a brief line length. The meter and shortness...

...appreciation of "delightful sound" ample but expectant of better. WILLIAM JAMES'S "SPRINGS OF DELIGHT" Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...flow The world should listen then, as I am listening now!108 James was learned but preferred to learn. He thought our happiness the antithesis of madness,...

...of the uninspiring pastime of road-making clearly betray a bit of temper? 58 10 Harmonious Madness Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...The world should listen then, as I am listening now! To a Skylark: PB SHELLEY IT was not to the harmonious madness from Shelley's lips I had been listening,...

...delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground! Teach me half the gladness That thy...The world should listen then, as I am listening now! Mejor que todas las cadencias de sonidos placenteros, mejor que todos los tesoros que en los libros...

...(¿Preguntas por qué cantan los pájaros? El gorrión, la paloma, el tordo dicen, "¡Yo amo y yo amo!") Teach half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious...The world should listen then, as I am Listening now. 3 (Enséñame la mitad del gozo, que tú debes conocer, locura tan armoniosa de mis labios fluiría,...

...and even spirits to emulate, Shelley ends his poem with an all but obligatory address to the skylark: Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know,...world should listen then — as I am listening now. Here is primitive as the twentieth- century romantic poet understood it and preferred it. It is almost...