 | 1828 - 454 pages
...poverty ; and in him has been completely verified the beautiful axiom of PB Shelley — "' Men aro cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach In song I" Yours, truly, R. As I walked out one summer's morn Down by the green wood side, The winds were softly... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...then entering, he expired, aged twelve years. JOHN SCOTT. POETRY. THE DIVER. BY MRS. HEMANS. -Wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong; They learn in suffering, what they teach in song. THOU hast been where the rocks of coral grow, Thou hast fought with eddying waves ; Thy cheek is pale,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - English poetry - 1824 - 440 pages
...measure were called poetry. And I remember one remark, which then Maddalo made: he said—" Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong: They learn in suffering what they teach in song." If I had been an unconnected man, I, from this moment, should have form'd some plan Never to leave... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - Chivalry - 1826 - 330 pages
...time proceeds -I remember one remark, which then Maddalo made : he said — ' most wretched men ii ' Are cradled into poetry by wrong : - . * ™* They learn in suffering what they teach in song '.' " They learn too, though in that far country to which they may be driven in despair, what is of... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1829 - 575 pages
...poetry. And I remember one remark, which then Madddlo made : he fi<*id — « Most wretched шео Are cradled into poetry by wrong : They learn in suffering what they teach in song.* If I had been an unconnected man, I, from this moment, should have form'd some plan Never to leave... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1831 - 628 pages
...I remember one remark, which then Maddalo made : he said—" Most wretched roen 434 1 «fi 187 A re hfully. Speak but one word — Thy word shall satisfy us, that it is not K>ng." If I had been an unconnected man, I. from this moment, should have form 41 some plan Never to... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - 1836 - 1050 pages
...egotistical, Margaret. Poetry is the child of sorrow ; — your own poet has said that Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach iu song. It is very true, Margaret, but it is strange that they should desire to teach. But will you... | |
 | Fashion - 468 pages
...coincided, the problem of Life would be solved, and the hope, which we call heaven, would be realized on earth. And therefore men " Are cradled into poetry...They learn in suffering what they teach in song." — R. Monckton Milnes. KINOUL.TON STONE. (An ancient Legend.) A stone stands in Kinoulton town Whilome... | |
 | English periodicals - 1838 - 772 pages
...effects upon the spirit and intellect of Gray. We do not indeed altogether subscribe to the notion that " men Are cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach in song;" nor that great minds, like the camomile, must be trodden upon and crushed before they will put forth... | |
 | 1839 - 790 pages
...is egotistical, Margaret. Poetry is the child of sorrow ; your own poet has said that Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong ; They learn in suffering what they teach in song. It isvery true, Margaret, but it is strange that they should desire to teach. But will you notsingto... | |
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Most wretched men Are cradled into poetry by wrong, They learn in suffering what they teach in song. 
