...reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, ' I will compose poetry.' The greatest poet even cannot...brightness ; this power arises from within, like the colour of a flower which fades and changes as it is developed, and the conscious portions of our natures...

...reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, ' I will compose Poetry.' The greatest poet even cannot...brightness ; this power arises from within, like the colour of a flower which fades and changes as it is developed, and the conscious portions of our natures...

...Shelley, Defence of Poetry. 6 Letter III to a Young Man whose Education has been Neglected (Note). " The mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some...inconstant wind, awakens to transitory ' brightness ; . . . when composition begins, inspiration is already on the decline, and the most glorious poetry...

...reasoning, a power to be exerted according to the determination of the will. A man cannot say, " I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot...wind, awakens to transitory brightness ; this power a rises from within, like the colour of a flower which fades and changes as it is developed, and the...

...this to say about the origin of poetry: "Poetry is indeed something divine. ... A man cannot say, 'I will compose poetry.' The greatest poet even cannot...inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness. . . . Poetry redeems from decay the visitations of the divinity in man." Regarding these quotations,...

...this to say about the origin of poetry: "Poetry is indeed something divine. ... A man cannot say, 'I will compose poetry.' The greatest poet even cannot...inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness. . . . Poetry redeems from decay the visitations of the divinity in man." Regarding these quotations,...

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...suffered the general fate of creation; there was a falling away from perfection; the mind of the poet in creation "is as a fading coal, which some invisible...inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness"; but this power which "arises from within, like the colour of a flower" comes and departs and the conscious...

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...249. I SOMETIMES try to be miserable that I may do more work. Blake, L, I, 163. A MAN cannot say, "I will compose poetry." The greatest poet even cannot...inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness. She/ley, 41 THE poet's habit of living should be set on a key so low that the common influences should...