Memoirs and Correspondence of Coventry Patmore, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Memoirs and Correspondence of Coventry Patmore, Vol. 2 "Who is this Fair Whom each hath seen? What if this Lady be thy Soul, and He Who claims to enjoy her sacred beauty be Not thou, but God?" It has very rarely happened that a poet has been able or willing fully to reveal the secrets of his inner life, the sources of the inspiration of his work: for the analytic faculty is seldom found to be compatible with the synthetic, and, even where such union might have been possible, there has usually been some reluctance to remove the veil from the innermost shrine. Poetical expression, where "more is meant than meets the ear, " affords but a partial manifestation of the ideas and convictions by which it is inspired, and generally leaves much to conjecture. Patmore's poetry gives an unusual amount of insight into his philosophical and religious ideals, and, even had he limited his self-revelation to verse, there would, as it seems to me, be little of importance left to indicate or explain. But his prose writings, especially those of later date - the "Religio Poetæ" and "Rod, Root and Flower" - seem so to complete the manifestation of the poet's mind as to make any attempt at explanation almost superfluous. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.