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Page xiii
This frequent liability to failure will excite less surprise if it be borne in mind that
the possession of the true poetic faculty ... The writer of Occasional Verse , in
order to be genuinely successful , must not only be something of a poet , but he
must ...
This frequent liability to failure will excite less surprise if it be borne in mind that
the possession of the true poetic faculty ... The writer of Occasional Verse , in
order to be genuinely successful , must not only be something of a poet , but he
must ...
Page xiv
A professional poet will seldom write the best vers de société , just because
writing is the business of his life , and because he has something better to do . It
appears to be an essential characteristic of these brilliant trifles , that they should
be ...
A professional poet will seldom write the best vers de société , just because
writing is the business of his life , and because he has something better to do . It
appears to be an essential characteristic of these brilliant trifles , that they should
be ...
Page xvi
The passions of the poet , ” he says , “ may form the subjects of his It is in his
writings he delineates himself ; he reflects his tastes , his desires , his humours ,
his amours , and even his defects . In other poems the poet disappears under the
...
The passions of the poet , ” he says , “ may form the subjects of his It is in his
writings he delineates himself ; he reflects his tastes , his desires , his humours ,
his amours , and even his defects . In other poems the poet disappears under the
...
Page xvii
The poet , to succeed in these hazardous pieces , must be alike polished by an
intercourse with the world , as with the studies of taste , to whom labour is
negligence , refinement ' a science , and art a nature . Genius will not always be ...
The poet , to succeed in these hazardous pieces , must be alike polished by an
intercourse with the world , as with the studies of taste , to whom labour is
negligence , refinement ' a science , and art a nature . Genius will not always be ...
Page xviii
In his introduction to W. M. Praed , in Ward's " English Poets , " Mr. Austin Dobson
makes some remarks upon Social Verse in general , and that of Praed in
particular , which are equally suitable for quotation here . “ As a writer of Society
Verse ...
In his introduction to W. M. Praed , in Ward's " English Poets , " Mr. Austin Dobson
makes some remarks upon Social Verse in general , and that of Praed in
particular , which are equally suitable for quotation here . “ As a writer of Society
Verse ...
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| Title | Lyra Elegantiarum: A Collection of Some of the Best Social and Occasional Verse by Deceased English Authors Volume 21 of Minerva library of famous books The Minerva Library Volume 21 of The Minerva library of famous books. Ed. by G. T. Bettany. [v. 21] |
| Editors | Frederick Locker-Lampson, Coulson Kernahan |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Ward, Lock, 1891 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 11 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 425 pages |
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