The poetical works of Leigh Hunt Now finally collected, revised by himself, and edited by his son, Thornton Hunt. With illustrations by Corbould |
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ULTRA-GERMANO-CRITICASTERISM.
1846.
Would you make blazes
Of ultra-reflectiveness,
Get a few phrases
Of ob and sub-jectiveness.
Of ultra-reflectiveness,
Get a few phrases
Of ob and sub-jectiveness.
Take for your subject
The art of some poet,
And be your whole object
To show that you know it.
The art of some poet,
And be your whole object
To show that you know it.
Make all you read on him
Seem what you thought of it:
Palm your own creed on him,
Though he knew nought of it.
Seem what you thought of it:
Palm your own creed on him,
Though he knew nought of it.
Rave on “æsthetics,”
“Profundity,” “purity;”
Damn the dull critics,
And die of obscurity.
“Profundity,” “purity;”
Damn the dull critics,
And die of obscurity.
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