The Gleaner a Series of Periodical Essays volume 4
The Gleaner a Series of Periodical Essays volume 4
Nathan Drake
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His ear for the charms of musical sounds seems to hav-e been exquisitely delicate; and to a person who has felt the overpowering ecstasy which can be derived from this source, the language of Milton in his Comus speaks " unutterable things. " I will not hesitate to declare, that were I ever to become ambitious of the character of a poet, I should be more proud to have been capable of writing the Comus of Milton than all his other works, the Paradise Lost itself not excepted. You see, that thoug...h age has damped some- what of that enthusiasm, which was apt to hurry me sometimes, in the early parts of life, beyond the bounds that men with other pro- pensities thought strictly reasonable, I still cherish these feelings with ineffable delight. In matters of taste, it is to the perceptive powers, and not to the reasoning faculty, that application should be made. A poet who pro- 320 THE GLEANEK. NO. 174f ceeds only by line and rule is a perfect solecism in nature. Adieu. The Bee, vol. Xvi. No.
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