5 quotes
The grand style arises in poetry, when a noble nature, poetically gifted, treats with simplicity or with severity a serious subject.
On Translating Homer (1861)
Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance.
Essays in Criticism (1865)
The best poetry will be found to have a power of forming, sustaining, and delighting us, as nothing else can.
Essays in Criticism, second series (1888)
The crown of literature is poetry.
Essays in Criticism, second series (1888)
Admit that Homer sometimes nods, that Poets do write trash,
Our Bard has written "Balder dead," and also Balder-dash.