 ve a notion, if a poet Beat up for themes, his verse will show it; I wait for subjects that hunt me, By day or night won't let me be, And hang about me like a curse, Till they have made me into verse...  The Quarterly Review - Page 384edited by - 1886Full view - About this book
 | 1867 - 782 pages
...'ve a notion, if a poet Beat up for themes, his verse will show it; I wait for subjects that hunt me, By day or night won't let me be, And hang about me like a curse. Till they have made me into verse, From line to line my fingers tease Beyond my knowledge, as the bees Build no new cell till those before... | |
 | 1867 - 782 pages
...'ve a notion, if a poet Beat up for themes, his verse will show it; I wait for subjects that hunt me, By day or night won't let me be, And hang about me like a curse, Till they have made me into verse, From line to line my fingers tease Beyond my knowledge, as the bees Build no new cell till those before... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1873 - 484 pages
...a notion, if a poet Beat up for themes, his verse will show it ; I wait for subjects that hunt me. By day or night won't let me be, And hang about me like a curse, Till they have made me into verse, From line to line my fingers tease Beyond my knowledge, as the bees Build no new cell till those before... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 434 pages
...'ve a notion, if a poet Beat up for themes, his verse will show it; I wait for subjects that hunt me, By day or night won't let me be, And hang about me like a curse, Till they have made me into verse, From line to line my fingers tease Beyond my knowledge, as the bees Build no new cell till those before... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1876 - 450 pages
...'ve a notion, if a poet Beat up for themes, his verse will show it; I wait for subjects that hunt me, By day or night won't let me be, And hang about me like a curse, Till they have made me into verse, From line to line my fingers tease Beyond my knowledge, as the bees Build no new cell till those before... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1877 - 572 pages
...'ve a notion, if a poet Beat up for themes, his vei^e will show it; I wait for subjects that hunt me, By day or night won't let me be, And hang about me like a curse, Till they have made me into verse, From line to line my lingers tease Beyond my knowledge, as the bees Build no new cell till those before... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1879 - 592 pages
...his verse will show it; I wait for subjects that hunt me, By day or night won't let me be, And hung about me like a curse. Till they have made me into verse, From line to line my fingers tease Beyond my knowledge, as the bees Build no new cell till those before... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1880 - 662 pages
...a notion, if a poet Beat up for themes, his verse will show it ; I wait for subjeets that hunt me, By day or night won't let me be, And hang about me like a curse, Till they have made me into verse, From line to line my fingers tease Beyond my knowledge, as the bees Build no new cell till those before... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1882 - 494 pages
...a notion, if a poet Beat up for themes, his verse will show it ; I wait for subjects that hont me, By day or night won't let me be, And hang about me like a curse, Till they have made me into verse, From line to line my fii¡gers tease Beyond my knowledge, as the bees Build no new cell till those... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1885 - 592 pages
...'ve a notion, if a poet Beat up for themes, his verse will show it; I wait for subjects that hunt me, By day or night won't let me be, And hang about me like a curse, Till they have made me into verse." From a poet who does this, we shall get flavor, and, in any event, the best of himself. Lowell's career,... | |
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