 A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence, because he has no identity ; he is continually in for, and filling, some other body. The sun, the moon, the sea, and men and women, who are creatures of impulse, are poetical, and have about them...  The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art - Page 1451849Full view - About this book
 | 1901 - 552 pages
...thing and nothing — it has no character — it enjoys light and shade . . . ; the cameleon poet; a poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence, because he has no identity' (to Woodhouse, 27. Okt. 1818, III 233). Noch mehr aber spricht gegen Arnold jene lieblingstheorie von... | |
 | Otto Weininger - 1904 - 646 pages
...poet. It does no harm from its relish of the dark side of things, any more than from its taste for the bright one, because they both end in speculation....sun, the moon, the sea and men and women, who are ereatures of impulse, are poetical and have about them an unchangeable attribute; the poet has none.... | |
 | Otto Weininger - 1905 - 660 pages
...poet. It does no harm from its relish of the dark side of things, any more than from its taste for the bright one, because they both end in speculation....moon, the sea and men and women, who are creatures of impulse, are poetical and have about them an unchangeable attribute; the poet has none. He is certainly... | |
 | Otto Weininger - 1907 - 646 pages
...poet. It does no harm from its relish of the dark side of things, any more than from its taste for the bright one, because they both end in speculation....he has no identity: he is continually in for, and rilling, some other body. The sun, the moon, the sea and men and women, who are creatures of impulse,... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh - 1907 - 252 pages
...of neutral intellect — but they have not any individuality, any determined Character." And again: "A poet is the most unpoetical of anything in existence,...is continually in for and filling some other body." Keats also recognised, as well as Shakespeare, that man cannot escape the call to action, and it was... | |
 | Sibylla Geest - 1908 - 74 pages
...its relish of the dark side of things, any more than from its taste for the bright one, because fhey both end in speculation. A poet is the most unpoetical...the Moon, — the Sea, and men and women, who are crcatures of Impulse, are poctical and have about them an unchangeable attribute; the poet has none,... | |
 | 1908 - 550 pages
...its relish of the dark side of things, any more than from its taste for the bright one, because tliey both end in speculation. A poet is the most unpoetical...is continually in for and filling some other body. Tlie Sun, — the Moon, — the Sea, and men and women, who are creatures of impul8e, are poetical... | |
 | Sibylla Geest - 1903 - 80 pages
...unpoetical of anythiny in cjcistence, bccause he has no Identity — he is contim,ally in for and filliny some other body. The Sun, — the Moon, — the Sea, and men and women, who are crcatures of ,Impulse, are poetical and have about thetn an unchangeable attribute; the poet has none,... | |
 | Arthur Symons - 1909 - 362 pages
...it, with a not unnatural application to poets in general, in one of his letters. 'A poet [he writes] is the most unpoetical of anything in existence, because...moon, the sea, and men and women, who are creatures of impulse, are poetical, and have about them an unchangeable attribute, the poet has none, no identity.... | |
 | Arthur Symons - 1909 - 372 pages
...it, with a not unnatural application to poets in general, in one of his letters. 'A poet [he writes] is the most unpoetical of anything in existence, because...moon, the sea, and men and women, who are creatures of impulse, are poetical, and have about them an unchangeable attribute, the poet has none, no identity.... | |
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