Poems

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Excerpt from Poems: National and PatrioticThe rules of poetry and versifying are taught by art, and may be acquired by study, but this force and elevation of thought, which Horace calls something divine, and which alone makes poetry of any value, must be from nature.Here 'then, we are taught that versifying, painting, and music, are all three properly comprehended under the common and general term Poetry, and that though the rules by which poetry is governed are taught by art, and may be acquired by study, yet that something, which alone makes poetry of any value, can only be acquired from nature.Whatever may be said to the contrary of painting, I may here assert, without any fear of successful contradiction, that music and poetry, at least, are one and the same, and can no more be separated, and still exist to our senses, than shadow from its substance, or the soul from the body. By a law as immutable, as in¿exible, as that which regulates the motions of the Spheres, they are for ever coerced into mutual attend ance the one upon the other. Twin-born of the same ele ments, they cannot be divided, but invariably will exist or perish together. To search for the origin of poetry is to enquire into the sublime and stupendous mystery of the creation of man and of nature itself for the one seems for ever coincident with the other.The first blessing of which our infant ear is conscious, when above our cradled repose a mother's voice is heard to soothe our peaceful slumber, - the last we wish for in that solemn farewell hour when our drooping senses take no note save of the gentle tones of broken-hearted affection, or the subduing prayers of never-ending love - when, impressed with the more than nothingness of this world, our thralled impatient spirits are ready to exclaim, Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife, I And let me languish into life.The world is full of poetry - aye, and the heavens too. The universe is but one mighty epic, whose cadence is the thunder chanting eternally the praise of God, beginning when the morning stars first sang together, and the. Sweet in¿uence of the Pleiades crowned the consummation of his labor.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.