Crowned masterpieces of literature that have advanced civilization, as preserved and presented by the world's best essays, from the earliest period to the present time . s solemnly among the chords of theheart. In conclusion, I will specify the principal traits which belongin a distinctive degree to Oriental poetry. The first one that at-tracts notice is an airy, winged, exultant liberty of spirit, an un-impeded largeness and ease of movement, and intense gives birth to extravagance. Compare in this respect theArabian Nights Entertainments with the Waverley Novels. ^^ Itslower
Crowned masterpieces of literature that have advanced civilization, as preserved and presented by the world's best essays, from the earliest period to the present time . s solemnly among the chords of theheart. In conclusion, I will specify the principal traits which belongin a distinctive degree to Oriental poetry. The first one that at-tracts notice is an airy, winged, exultant liberty of spirit, an un-impeded largeness and ease of movement, and intense gives birth to extravagance. Compare in this respect theArabian Nights Entertainments with the Waverley Novels. ^^ Itslower form is a revelling or deliberate fancy, abounding in law-less conceits, sometimes puerile, sometimes amazing. *The birdof understanding hath fled from the nest of my brain.*^ Thesun in the zenith is a golden falcon hovering over his azurenest.^* The higher form of this trait is the spontaneous trans-port of an inspired and free imagination, producing the moststupendous conceptions, infusing a divine soul through all deadsubstance, melting everything into its own molds, filling a newuniverse with new marvels of beauty and delight. From the «Poetry of the East.». lorrBcfBD lo ••??•=?_-_:<;_ T»!^- ..lr;.bian Nig-h:lower form is a rt less con. ..its ^ of undsun innest. *port o: anu ease oi raoven ? s of theis of the ?:i belong-that at-ari mi- eo » with -r deliberate fai The bird .uin.» «The over his azure :eous trans- MICHAEL ANGELO IN HIS STUDIO:^ After the Painting by Alexander CaboftfL^
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