...£ndymion was spoken of as " slipshod " Keats could reply, " That it is so is no fault of mine. . . . The Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man. . . . That which is creative must create itself. In Endymion I leaped headlong into the sea, and thereby...

...as good as I had power to make it — by myself. Had I been nervous about its being a perfect piece, and with that view asked advice, and trembled over every page, it would not have been written ;jpr it is not in my nature to fumble— I will write independently. — I have written independently...

...Endymion was spoken of as 'slipshod' Keats could reply, ' That it is so is no fault of mine. . . . The Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man. . . . That which is creative must create itself. In Endymion I leaped headlong into the sea, and thereby...

...good as I had power to make it — by myself — Had I been nervous about its being a perfect piece, and with that view asked advice, and trembled over...Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man : It caiuiot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation and watchfulness in itself — That which is...

...good as I had power to make it — by myself — Had I been nervous about its being a perfect piece, and with that view asked advice, and trembled over...independently, and with Judgment, hereafter. The Genius of 328 329 Poetry must work out its own salvation iij a man : It cannot be matured by law and precept,...

...good as I had power to make it — by myself — Had I been nervous about its being a perfect piece, and with that view asked advice, and trembled over...to . fumble — I will write independently. — I v have written independently without Judgment. I may write independently, and ) "•III! Judgment,...

...modestly admitted to himself and others the shortcomings of his early work. " I have written," he said, " Z yA N =`M H 5," " } D I %׊i Cq paj F... 8 Pn 旗e A XJ W z\# R d U xn V l was at the end of this year, 1818, that spitting of blood indicated the advance of a more deadly peril....

...Had I been nervous about its being a perfect piece, and with that view asked advice, and trembled on every page, it would not have been written, for it is not in my nature to fumble. I leaped desperately into the sea and thereby have become better acquainted with its quicksands, and...

...could learn from many bards of Passion and of Mirth. "I will write independently," he tells Hessey. "The Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man." With Milton, he was ready to dedicate his whole life to his art. He realized his own defects and was...

...right in regard to the 'slipshod' Endymion . . . it is as good as I had the power to make it by myself. I have written independently, without judgment, I...write independently and with judgment hereafter." The quickness of his development is one of the most amazing facts in literary history. He was twenty-three...