 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1872 - 396 Seiten
...poets in our youth begin m gladness, But thereof comes in the end despondency and madness." WORDSWORTH. "Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suEfering what they teach in song. " *« SHELLEY. a X H WHICH MADE THEM GREAT, THE GOOD WILL EYER FIND."... | |
 | Mary Ann Reynolds Page - 1873 - 226 Seiten
...meaning and are susceptible of an application far beyond their original intention, — " Great souls are cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach in song." It is not^necessary to limit the words " poetry " and " song " here to their literal sense. They may... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 202 Seiten
...but he was spoiled by the ease with which he composed. Shelley tells us of certain poets that they " Are cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach in song ;" and it would seem that, as flowers need to be crushed before they will give forth all their perfume,... | |
 | John Milton - 1874 - 758 Seiten
...served to exemplify the statement long afterwards made by another poet— '— — ~ »«.^:-_: 5--, " Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong,...They learn in suffering what they teach in song." Milton, the elegant scholar, was permitted to battle on with his nephews as he best could ; but Milton,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1874 - 646 Seiten
...as in measure were called poetry. And I remember one remark, which then Maddalo niade; he said — " Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong:...They learn in suffering what they teach in song." If I had been an unconnected man, I, from this moment, should have formed some plan Never to leave... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 Seiten
...The woik of their own hearts, and that must be Our chastisement or recompense. Julian and Maddala. Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong...; They learn in suffering what they teach in song. Ibid. I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have horne, and yet... | |
 | William Mathews - 1874 - 376 Seiten
...but he was spoiled by the ease with which he composed. Shelley tells us of certain poets that they " Are cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach in song " ; and it would seem that, as flowers need to be crushed before they will give forth all their perfumes,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 802 Seiten
...keenest description, and many of his lyrics bear testimony to the truth of his averment that Most men Arc cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach in song. One cannot help thinking that Shelley's natural place in the world would bo that of a spiritualized... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 Seiten
...: Strive not, for life is care, And God sends pain ; Heaven is above, and there Rest will remain ! Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong...; They learn in suffering what they teach in song. SHELLEY : Julian and Maddolo. Then patient bear the sufferings you have eara'd, And by these sufferings... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 Seiten
...The work of their own hearts, and that must be Our chastisement or recompense. Julian ami Maddalo. Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach in song.2 Ibid. I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne,... | |
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Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong, They learn in suffering what they teach in song. 
