...taken of nature by a trick. The spirit of the world, the, great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. The sublime...generously, but the epic poet, he who shall sing of the gcds, and their descent unto men, must drink water out of a wooden bowl. For poetry is not ' Devil's...

...taken of nature by a trick. The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the Creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. The sublime...pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body. That which we owe to narcotics is not an inspiration, but some counterfeit excitement and fury. Milton says,...

...taken of nature by a trick. The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the Creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. The sublime...excitement and fury. Milton says, that the lyric poet may THE POET. 33 drink wme and live generously, but the epic poet, he who shall sing of the gods, and their...

...he would daguerreotype the soul, and paint the " divine vision," which Emerson tells us " comes only to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body," he must live up to the ideal he would depict. There are men who claim to be poets who set at defiance...

...narcotics ; it is merely counterfeit excitement and fury. The great calm presence of the Creator comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. The sublime...pure and simple soul, in a clean and chaste body. . . . As the Sandwich-Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into...

...wild heart-sorrow ! Emerson knows better than these critics what the truth is, in the wide aspect. The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body ; the spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries...

...by sharing the path or circuit of things through forms, and so making them translucid to others." " The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body. The religions of the world are the ejaculations of a few imaginative men." But yet we have not dealt...

...excitement and fury. The great, calm presence of the Creator comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or wine. The sublime vision comes to the pure and simple soul, in a clean and chaste body. — EMERSON. The body oppressed by excesses bears down the mind, and depresses to the earth any portion...

...shall enhance " the great and constant fact of Life." This sublime vision of a higher life comes only " to the pure and simple soul in a clean and chaste body." To some it comes so as to lead to heroic deeds and living, to others in power to sing ravishing songs...

...taken of nature by a trick. The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the Creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. The sublime...the epic poet, he who shall, sing of the gods, and tteir descent unto men, must drink water out of a wooden bowl For poetry is not " Devil's wine," but...