Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had ; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear ; For that fine madness still he did retain Which rightly should possess a poet's... The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Страница 28Пуни преглед - О овој књизи
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 460 страница
...Drayton in his Epistle to J. Reynolds on Poets and Poetry : describing Marlowe, he says : " that^ne madness still he did retain, «' Which rightly should possess a poet's brain!" MALONE. The powers of imagination were never more •philosophically or poetically expressed than by... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 392 страница
...Drayton, in his Epistle to jf. Reynolds, on Poets and Poetry : describing Marlowe, he says : " that fine madness still he did retain, " Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Malone. 9 constancy;] Consistency, stability, certainty. Johnson. Call Philostrate.2 Philos. Here,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1805 - 384 страница
...Drayton, in his Epistle to J. Reynolds, on Poets and Poetry ; describing Marlowe, he says : " that Jine madness still he did retain, " Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Afalone. 9 constancy;] Consistency, stability, certainty, Johnson. i Wait on — ] The old copies have... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 692 страница
...the first poet* had, his raptures were, All air, and fire, which made his verses clear, For that fine madness still he did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain. And surely Nashe, though he a proser were, A branch of laurel yet deserves to bear, Sharply satyric... | |
| David Erskine Baker - 1812 - 416 страница
...first poets had ; his raptures were " A4 airai.d fire, which made his verses clear ; " For that fine madness still he did retain, " Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Mr. Marloe cams to an untimely end, falling a virrim to the ¡uost torturing passion of the human breast,... | |
| 1815 - 542 страница
...your first poets had; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear: For that fine madness still he did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." 1 Nichols's Bowyer—with the Addition of tome MS particulars and judicious remarks by James H. Markland,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 страница
...the first poets had : his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear ; For that fine madness still he did retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Before leaving the subject, I must notice a remark by Charles Lamb, — the dear, delightful Charley.... | |
| 1818 - 764 страница
...your tirst poeti had ; his rapture* wera All air and fire, which made his verses clear. For that line madness still he did retain. Which rightly should possess a Poet's brain." George Peclc, in " The Honour of the Garter, says, that be was " Fit to write passions for the souls... | |
| 1820 - 608 страница
...it arel by which to try the merits of All air and Я re, which made his versea clear; For that fine madness still he did retain, Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." in her nature to display, " Dear me, did you really ever think of it?" some of the quotations, and... | |
| Christopher Marlowe - 1821 - 212 страница
...your first poets had: his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear: For that fine madness still he did retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain." Decker, in one of his tracts •, has placed Marlow in the Elisian Grove of Baies, " with Greene and... | |
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