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Charles Williams. The English Poetic Mind
The English Poetic Mind
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PREFACE
I. A NOTE ON GREAT POETRY
She stood in tears amid the alien corn:
Those heathen ranks to see;
To Sextus naught spake he
II ‘THE GROWTH OF A POET’S MIND’
speak of them as Powers
through the turnings intricate of verse
powerful in all sentiments of grief
Dust as we are, the immortal spirit grows
Imagination—here the Power so called
III. THE CYCLE OF SHAKESPEARE
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
IV. MILTON
I
O Father, O Supreme of heavenly Thrones,
Convulsions, epilepsies, fierce catarrhs,
II
As that Theban monster that proposed
V. WORDSWORTH
sea-beast, that on a shelf
to typify the utmost we can know
VI. THE CRISIS IN LESSER POETS
Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards,
Though the dull brain perplexes and retards:
From the wet field, through the vext garden-trees, Come with the volleying rain and tossing breeze:
But the majestic River floated on,
And faint the city gleams;
Spring the great streams
VII. CONCLUSION
No hungry generations tread thee down;
In ancient days by emperor and clown:
Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home,
Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn
As ’tis for object strange and high;
Upon Impossibility—
I ask no more
APPENDIX. CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS
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