 I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...  Essays and Poems - Page 34by Jones Very - 1839 - 175 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Brian Vickers - 2003 - 655 pages
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 | Elizabeth M. Knowles - 1999 - 1160 pages
...hath her victories No less renowned than war. 'To the Ix>rd (¡eneral Cromwell' (written 1652! 5 I le who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well...laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem. Ли Apology far Smectwnnuus (1642) introduction 6 For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that... | |
 | Kathleen Coyne Kelly, Marina Leslie - 1999 - 260 pages
...Having studied the virtuously inspiring Petrarch and Dante, he reports: I was confirm'd in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought him selfe to bee a true Poem, that is, a composition, and patterne of the best and honourablest things... | |
 | Dennis Danielson - 1999 - 320 pages
...Confutation (April 1641), again emphasizing his virtue and learning. Here he offers his famous prescription that 'he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought him selfe to bee a true Poem' (YP i: 890). Whether Milton actually lived up to this high standard,... | |
 | Stephen B. Dobranski - 1999 - 276 pages
...as inconsistent for changing his mind about pre-publication licensing. When in 1642 Milton claimed that "he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought him selfe to bee a true Poem, that is, a composition, and patterne of the best and honourablest things"... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 2000 - 682 pages
...["Introductory Remarks"] It was our divine Milton, who, wisely as forcibly, laid down the principle "that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to...himself to be a true poem, that is, a composition of the best and honourablest things."7 Often as this golden wisdom has been neglected by our poets... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 2000 - 548 pages
...that the slightest touch of his speat exposed deceit. Sweetymmius.' [ Smectymmius.' "He who would nor be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in...himself to be a true poem; that is, a composition and partern of the best and honorablest things; not presuming to sing high praises of heroic men, or famous... | |
 | Marc Berley - 2000 - 440 pages
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