 | William Blake - 1893 - Страниц: 456
...those which he produced in his more youthful days." Blake : As Beplete, but not More Beplete. To : " To understand literally these metaphors or ideas expressed in poetical language seems as absurd as to conclude that because painters sometimes represent poets writing from the dictates... | |
 | David Daiches - 1969 - Страниц: 356
...particulars. When Reynolds writes that it would be absurd to understand poetic metaphors literally, or "to conclude that because painters sometimes represent...poets writing from the dictates of a little winged boy or genius, that this same genius didt really inform him what he was to write," Blake notes: "The ancients... | |
 | Joshua C. Taylor - 1987 - Страниц: 580
...replete with . . . imagination, as those [of] his more youthful days. As Replete but Not More Replete To understand literally these metaphors or ideas expressed in poetical language seems as absurd as to conclude that because painters sometimes represent poets writing from the dictates... | |
 | Charles A. Cramer - 2006 - Страниц: 196
...the common figuring of inspiration as a poet writing directly from the dictation of a winged genius: To understand literally these metaphors or ideas expressed...poets writing from the dictates of a little winged boy or genius, that this same genius did really inform him in a whisper what he was to write; and that... | |
 | 1839 - Страниц: 348
...in his latter life. But I am persuaded that scarce a poet is to be found, from Homer down to Dryden, who preserved a sound mind in a sound body, and continued...poets writing from the dictates of a little winged boy or genius, that this same genius did really inform him in a whisper what he was to write ; and that... | |
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To understand literally these metaphors, or ideas expressed in poetical language, seems to be equally absurd as to conclude that because painters sometimes represent poets writing from the dictates of a little winged boy or genius, that this same genius... 
