“We see not why in prose, there should not be much of that mighty licence in the fantastic, that measured riot, that right of whimsy, that unabashed dalliance with the extreme and the beautiful, which the world allows, by prescription, to verse. Why may not one in prose chase forest-nymphs, and see little green-eyed elves?” FantasyProseElvesVerseNymphsWhimsyDalliance Book:Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets Source: Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets