parts, will be found historically true. It assumes not the degraded title of Epic: and the question, therefore, is not whether the story is formed upon the rules of Aristotle, but whether it be adapted to the purposes of poetry. Keswick, 1805. Three things must be avoided in Poetry; the frivolous, the obscure, and the superfluous. The three excellencies of Poetry; simplicity of language, simplicity of subject, and simplicity of invention. The three indispensable purities of Poetry; pure truth, pure language, and pure manners. Three things should all Poetry be; thoroughly erudite, thoroughly animated, and thoroughly natural. Triads. COME, LISTEN TO A TALE OF TIMES OF OLD! AND PLANTED IN ITS FANES TRIUMPHANTLY THE CROSS OF CHRIST. COME LISTEN TO MY LAY! |