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“Only those of our poets who kept solidly to the Shakespearean tradition achieved any measure of success. But Keats was the last great exponent of that tradition, and we all know how thin, how lacking in charm, the copies of Keats have become.”

Knows Lasts Know How Poet Tradition Charm Copies Lacking Measure Of Success Exponents

Book:Tendencies in Modern American Poetry

Source: Tendencies in Modern American Poetry

“I was a poet too; but modern taste Is so refined and delicate and chaste, That verse, whatever fire the fancy warms, Without a creamy smoothness has no charms. Thus, all success depending on an ear, And thinking I might purchase it too dear, If sentiment were sacrific'd to sound, And truth cut short to make a period round, I judg'd a man of sense could scarce do worse Than caper in the morris-dance of verse.”

Source: Poems ... With a sketch of his life and a vindication of his religious principles and character. Third edition, corrected and enlarged. [With a portrait.]

“The great charm of poetry consists in lively pictures of the sublime passions, magnanimity, courage, disdain of fortune; or thoseof the tender affections, love and friendship; which warm the heart, and diffuse over it similar sentiments and emotions.”

Heart Poetry Passion Emotion Poet Fortune Affection Warm Charm Over It Sentiments Sublime Lively Disdain Love And Friendship Magnanimity

Book:Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects

Source: Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects

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