...things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things ; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy." We shall, then, content...

...offices, both private and public, of peace and war.' He declared that ' he who would aspire to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be...true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the heart and honorablest things, not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless...

...— ED. * Dante and Petrarch. opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be...praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice of all that which is praiseworthy. These reasonings, together...

...— " I was confirmed in this opinion ; that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he...

...words on this subject are as follows : — " He that would not be frustrated of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be...praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and practice of all that is praiseworthy." He regarded poetic genius as one...

...forms. He had started with the conviction "that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorableest things ;" and from this he never swerved. His life was indeed a true poem ; or it might...

...— " I was confirmed in this opinion ; that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things; not presuming to sing of high praises of heroic men or famous cities, unless he...

...after, when I was confirmed in this opinion that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things, not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have...

...things, ought himself to be a true poem ; that is, a composition and pattern of the best and honorablest things, not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous cities, unless he have in himself the experience and the practice of all that is praiseworthy." — MILTON. For if the dreamer,...

...landable things, ought himself to be a true pocm ; that is, a composition and pattern of the honorablest things, not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men or famous citics, unless he have himself the expericnce and the practice of all that is praiseworthy.' Nor is...