 | 1872 - 278 Seiten
...love has been well classed by Shakespeare with the madman and the poet : The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact ; One sees...a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, etc. All that can be extracted from nature or gathered in thought of ideal excellence has... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - 1872 - 338 Seiten
...strange than true, I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen hare such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that...One sees more devils than vast hell can hold ; That i* the madman : the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt ; The poet's eye,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 Seiten
...WHITTIER. IMAGINATION, intou "MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM." THESEUS. More strange than true : I ne ver f2 xf2 . fi-antic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt ; The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1873 - 814 Seiten
...fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, thai Thus men may grow wiser every dayl it is the first...tieard^reaking of ribs was sport for ladies. Cel. rolling. Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to And, as imagination bodies forth [heaven.... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1873 - 348 Seiten
...constant, and irresistible flame. EXERCISE 2. THE POWER OF IMAGINATION. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet Are of IMAGINATION — all compact : One...a brow of Egypt. The POET'S eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from HEAVEN — to earth, from earth — to HEAVEN ; And, as IMAGINATION — bodies... | |
 | 1873 - 590 Seiten
...ever be descriptive ? Let us turn to Shakespeare's dictum on the subject : ' Lovers and madmen hnve such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that...compact. One sees more devils than vast hell can hold — The madman. While the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt. The poet's... | |
 | George Herbert - 1874 - 386 Seiten
...necessary to test what claims our acceptance as poetry by Shakespeare's definition. Let us recall it: ' Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such...a brow of Egypt: The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, both glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And as imagination bodies forth The... | |
 | Robert Jardine - 1874 - 338 Seiten
...thought to be akin to madness. " Lovers and madmen have such seething brains, Such shaping fastasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends....compact : One sees more devils than vast hell can holdThat is, the madman : the lover, all as frantic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt : The poet's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 1146 Seiten
...strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. [believe The. More strange than true. I never may d fear I was descried. Wait you on him, I charge you,...You understand me ? Bion. I, sir ! ne'er a whit. rolling. Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth And, as imagination bodies forth [to heaven ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 1154 Seiten
...strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of. [believe The. More strange than true. I never may Armstrong franlic, Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt : The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance... | |
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Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact :< One sees more devils than vast hell can hold ; That is,... 
