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{1}EdwardWotton,elderbrotherofSirHenryWotton.HewasknightedbyElizabethin1592,andmadeptrollerofherHousehold.
ObservetheplayfulnessinSidneysopeningandcloseofatreatisewrittenthroughoutinplain,manlyEnglishwithoutEuphuism,andstrictlyreasoned.
{2}Heretheintroduends,andtheargumentbeginswithitsPart1.PoetrythefirstLight-giver.
{3}Afablefromthe"Hetamythium"ofLaurentiusAbstemius,ProfessorofBellesLettresatUrbino,andLibrariantoDukeGuidoUbaldouhePontificateofAlexanderVI.(1492-1503).
{4}Plinysays("Nat.Hist.,"lib.xi.,cap.62)thattheyoungvipers,impatienttobeborhroughthesideoftheirmother,andsokillher.
{5}Part2.BorrowedfrombyPhilosophers.
{6}Timaeus,thePythagoreanphilosopherofLocri,ahenianCritiasarerepresentedbyPlatoashavinglistehediscourseofSocratesonaRepublic.Socratescallsooshowsuchastateina.CritiaswilltelloftherescueofEuropebytheacitizensofAttica,10,000yearsbefore,fromaninroadoftlessinvaderswhocamefromthevastislandofAtlantis,iernO;astruggleofwhichrecordreservediempleofNaithorAtheSais,i,andhandeddown,throughSolon,byfamilytraditiontoCritias.ButfirstTimaeusagreestoexpouructureoftheuniverse;thenCritias,inapieceleftunfinishedbyPlato,proceedstoshowanidealsocietyinaagainstpressureofadahatseemsirresistible.
{7}Platos"Republic,"bookii.
{8}Part3.BorrowedfrombyHistorians.
{9}Part4.HoheRomansasSacredandProphetic.
{10}Part5.AndreallysacredandprophetithePsalmsofDavid.
{11}Part6.BytheGreeks,PoetswerehohthenameofMakers.
{12}Poetryistheoiveart.Astronomersandothersrepeatwhattheyfind.
{13}PoetsimproveNature.
{14}Andidealizeman.
{15}HereaSedPartoftheEssaybegins.
{16}Part1.Poetrydefined.
{17}Part2.Itskinds.a.Divine.
{18}Philosophical,whichisperhapstooimitative.
{19}MarcusManiliuswroteuiberiusametricaltreatiseonAstronomy,ofwhichfivebooksonthefixedstarsremain.
{20}Poetryproper.{21}Part3.SubdivisionsofPoetryproper.
{22}Itsessenceisihought,notinapparellingofverse.
{23}HeliodoruswasBishopofTricThessaly,andlivedinthefourthtury.HisstoryofTheagenesandChariclea,calledthe"AEthiopica,"wasaromantictaleinGreekwhichwas,inElizabethsreign,translatedintoEnglish.
{24}ThePoetsarts.Part1.WORK:oetrydoesforus.
{25}Theirclaylodgings-"Suchharmonyisinimmortalsouls;ButwhilstthismuddyvestureofdecayDothgrosslycloseitin,weothearit."(Shakespeare,"MertofVenice,"actv.,sc.1){26}Poetrybestadvaheendofallearthlylearning,virtuousa.
{27}ItsadvantagehereinoverMoralPhilosophy.
{28}ItsadvantagehereinoverHistory.
{29}"Allmenmakefaults,andevenIinthis,Authorisingthytrespasswithpare."Shakespeare,"So"35.
{30}"Witnessofthetimes,lightoftruth,lifeofmemory,mistressoflife,messengerofantiquity."--Cicero,"DeOratore."
{31}InwhatmahePoetgoesbeyondPhilosopher,Historian,andallothers(batingparisonwiththeDivine).
{32}HeisbeyondthePhilosopher.
{33}Horaces"ArsPoetica,"lines372-3.ButHoracewrote"Nonhomines,nonDi"--"hermen,gods,erednshaveadmittedmediocrityis."
{34}Themoralon-places.onPlace,"Lounis,"wasatermusedinoldrhetorictorepreseimoniesorpithysentencesofgoodauthorswhichmightbeusedftheningoradadiscourse;butsaidKeckermann,whoseRhetoricwasatext-bookinthedaysofJamesI.andCharlesI.,"Becauseitisimpossiblethustoreadthroughallauthors,therearebooksthatgivestudentsofeloquetheyhesuofbooksofonPlaces,likethatcollectedbyStobaeusoutofCicero,Seerence,Aristotle;butespeciallythebookentitledPolyanthea,providesshortandeffectivesentetoanymatter."FrequetothePolyantheacausedmanyagoodquotationtobehaeyed;thetermofrhetoric,"aon-place,"camethentomeanagoodsayingmadefamiliarbyincessantquoting,andtheninonspeeytritesayinggoodorbad,butonlywithoutwitinit.
{35}ThusfarAristotle.Thewholepassageinthe"Poetics"runs:
"ItisnotbywritinginverseorprosethattheHistorianaaredistinguished.TheworkofHerodotusmightbeversified;butitwouldstillbeaspeciesofHistory,nolesswithmetrethanwithout.Theyaredistinguishedbythis,thattheoeswhathasbeeherwhatmightbe.OnthisatPoetryismorephilosophical,andamoreexcellentthingthanHistory,forPoetryischieflyversantaboutgeruth;Historyaboutparticular.Inwhatmanner,forexample,anypersonofacertaincharacterwouldspeakoract,probablyornecessarily,thisisgeneral;andthisistheobjectofPoetry,evenwhileitmakesuseofparticularnames.ButwhatAlcibiadesdid,orpeohim,thisisparticulartruth."
{36}Justinus,wholivedinthesedtury,madeaomeofthehistoryoftheAssyrian,Persian,Gre,Maian,andRomanEmpires,frusPompeius,wholivediimeofAugustus.
{37}DaresPhrygiusposedtohavebeenapriestofVul,whowasinTrthesiege,andthePhrygianIliadascribedtohimasearlyasthetimeofAElian,A.D.230,posed,therefore,tobeolderthanHomers.
{38}QuintusCurtius,aRomanhistorianofuaindate,whowrotethehistoryofAlexaheGreatintenbooks,ofwhichtwoarelostandothersdefective.
{39}Notknowledgebutpractice.
{40}ThePoetMonarchofallHumanSces.
{41}In"LovesLaboursLost"aresemblancehasbeenfaweenthispassageandRosalindsdescriptionofBiron,a:-"Whichhisfairtongue--ceitsexpositor-Deliversinsuchaptandgraciouswords,Thatagedearsplaytruantathistables,Andyoungerhearingsarequiteravished,Sosweetandvolubleishisdiscourse."
{42}Virgils"AEneid,"Bookxii.:-"AndshallthisgroundfaieddastardTurnusflyingview?Isitsovileathingtodie?"(PhaersTranslation[1573].){43}InstahepowerofthePoetswork.
{44}Defectuous.Thisword,fromtheFrench"defectueux,"isusedtwithe"ApologieforPoetrie."
{45}PartII.ThePARTSofPoetry.
{46}Pastoralbened?
{47}ThecloseilsseventhEclogue--Thyrsiswasvanquished,andCorydonedwithlastingglory.
{48}iac?
{49}OrIambic?orSatiric?
{50}FromthefirstSatireofPersius,line116,inadescriptionofHomerssatire:
"OmnevafervitiumridentiFlaccusamigit,etadmissuscircumpraecordialudit,"&c.
ShrewdFlaccustoucheseachvihislaughingfriend.Drydenthustranslatedthewholepassage:-"Unlikeihod,withcealeddesignDidcraftyHoracehislownumbersjoin;And,withaslyinsinuatinggraceLaughedathisfriend,andlookedhimintheface:Wouldraiseablushwheresecretvicehefound;Andtickle,whilehegentlyprobedthewound;Withseemingihecrowdbeguiled,Butmadethedesperatepasseswhilehesmiled."
{51}FromtheendoftheeleventhofHoracesepistles(Lib.1):
"nonanimummutant,quitransmarecurrunt,Strenuanosexerertia;navibusatqueQuadrigispetimusbenevivere.Quodpetis,hicest,EstUlubris,animussitenondeficitaequus."
Theygetheirskiesbutnottheirmindwhorunacrosstheseas;Wetoilinlabouredidleness,aoliveateaseWithforceofshipsandfourhorseteams.Thatwhichyouseekishere,AtUlubrae,unlessyourmindfailtobecalmandclear.
"AtUlubrae"wasequivalenttosayinginthedullesteroftheworld,oranywhere.UlubraewasalittletownprobablyinCampania,aRomanLittlePedlington.ThomasCarlylemayhavehadthispassageinmindwhenhegavetothesamethoughtagranderforminSartorResartus:
"Maywenotsaythatthehourofspiritualenfranchisemehis?
Whenyouridealworld,whereinthewholemanhasbeendimlystrugglingandinexpressiblylanguishingtowork,beesrevealedandthrownopen,andyoudiscoverwithamazementenough,liketheLotharioinWilhelmMeister,thatyourAmericaishereorhesituationthathasnotitsduty,itsideal,wasneveroccupiedbyman.Yes,here,inthispoor,miserablehamperedactualwhereinthouevennowsta,hereornowhere,isthyIdeal:workitouttherefrom,believe,live,andbefree.
Fool!theIdealisinthyself,theimpedimenttooisinthyself.ThyditionisbutthestuffthouarttoshapethatsameIdealoutof.Whatmatterwhethersuchstuffbeofthissortorthat,sotheformthougiveitbeheroic,bepoetic?Othouthatpiintheimprisooftheactual,andcriestbitterlytothegodsforakingdomwhereintoruleae,knowthisofatruth,thethingthouseekestisalreadywiththee,hereornowhere,couldestthouonlysee."
{52}Oric?
{53}Inpistrinum.Inthepounding-mill(usuallyworkedbyhorsesorasses).
{54}ic?
{55}TheoldsongofPerdDouglas,ChevyChaseinitsfirstform.
{56}OrtheHeroic?
{57}EpistlesI.ii.4.BetterthanChrysippusandtor.Theywerebothphilosophers,Chrysippusasubtlestoic,torthefirstentatoruponPlato.
{58}Summaryoftheargumentthusfar.
{59}Objesstateda.
{60}eliusAgrippasbook,"DeIudiVanitateStiarumetArtium,"wasfirstpublishedin1532;Erasmuss"MoriaeEn"waswritteninaweek,in1510,ainafewmonthsthroughseveions.
{61}Theobjetorhymeare.
{62}ThefirstofthesesentencesisfromHorace(EpistleI.xviii.69):
"Flyfromtheinquisitiveman,forheisababbler."Thesed,"Whileeachpleaseshimselfweareacredulouscrowd,"seemstobevariedfromOvid(Fasti,iv.311):-"sciameifamaemendaciarisit:Sednosinvitiumcredulaturbasumus."
Amindscioushtlaughsatthefalsehoodsoffamebuttowardsviceweareacredulouscrowd.
{63}Thechiefobjes.
{64}Thattimemightbebetterspent.
{65}Begthequestion.
{66}Thatpoetryisthemotheroflies.
{67}Thatpoetryisthenurseofabuse,iinguswithwantonailentdesires.
{68}Rampire,rampart,theOldFrenof"rempart,"was"rempar,"from"remparer,"tofortify.
{69}"Igivehimfreeleavetobefoolish."Avariationfromtheli.I.i.63),"Quidfaciasilli?jubeasmiserumesselibenter."
{70}ThatPlatobanishedpoetsfromhisidealRepublic.
{71}Whichauthoritycertainbarbarousandinsipidwriterswouldwrestintomeaningthatpoetsweretobethrustoutofastate.
{72}Ionisarhapsodist,indialoguewithSocrates,whootuandwhyitisthathisthoughtsflowabundantlywhealksofHomer."Iexplain,"saysSocrates;"yourtalentinexpoundingHomerisnotanartacquiredbysystemahod,otherwiseitwouldhavebeenapplicabletootherpoetsbesides.Itisaspecialgift,impartedtoyoubyDivinepowerandinspiration.Thelikeistrueofthepoetyouexpound.Hisgeniusdoesnfromart,system,ormethod:itisaspecialgiftemanatingfromtheinspirationoftheMuses.Apoetislight,airy,holyperson,whoposeversesatallsolongashisreasonremainswithinhim.TheMusestakeawayhisreason,substitutinginplaceofittheirowndivineinspirationandspecialimpulse...Likeprophetsanddeliverersoforacles,thesepoetshavetheirreasontakenaway,andbeetheservantsofthegods.Itisnottheywho,bereftoftheirreason,speakinsuchsublimestrains,itisthegodwhospeakstous,ahroughthem."Gerote,fromwhosevolumesonPlatoIquotethistranslationofthepassage,placed"Ion"amongthegenuinedialoguesofPlato.
{73}Guards,trimmingsorfags.
{74}TheSedSummary.
{75}CausesofDefeEnglishPoetry.
{76}FromtheinvocationattheopeningilsAEneid(line12),"Muse,bringtomymindthecausesofthesethings:whatdivinitywasinjured...thatonefamousforpietyshouldsufferthus."
{77}TheicheldelHopital,bornin1505,whojoiohisgreatpoliticalservices(whicludedthekeepingoftheInquisitionoutofFrandlonglabourtorepresscivilwar)greatskillinverse.Hediedin1573.
{78}Whoseheart-stringstheTitan(Prometheus)fastehabetterclay.(Juvenal,Sat.xiv.35).Drydentranslatedthelihitstext-
"Somesons,indeed,someveryfew,weseeWhokeepthemselvesfromthisiionfree,WhomgraciousHeavenfornoblerendsdesigheirlookserected,andtheirclayrefined."
{79}Theoratorismade,thepoetborn.
{80}Whatyouwill;thefirstthates.
{81}"WhateverIshalltrytowritewillbeverse."Sidneyquotesfrommemory,andadaptstohistext,TristiumIV.x.26.
"Spontesuacarmennumerosveadaptos,Etquodtemptabamdicere,versuserat."
{82}HISfor"its"hereasthroughout;theword"its"notbeirodutoEnglishwriting.
{83}DefetheDrama.ItshouldberememberedthatthiswaswritteheEnglishdramawasbuttwentyyearsold,andShakespeare,agedaboutseventeen,hadetoLondoroofShakespearesprecursorshadbeguntowriteforthestage.Marlowehadwritten;arengththatwastoeofthefreedomoftheEnglishdramahadyettobeshown.
{84}TherewasnoseryontheElizabethanstage.
{85}Messenger.
{86}Fromtheegg.
{87}Bias,slope;French"biais."
{88}Juvenal,Sat.iii.,lines152-3.WhichSamuelJohnsonfinelyparaphrasedinhis"London:"
"Ofallthegriefsthatharassthedistrest,Surethemostbitterisasfuljest."
{89}GeeBaan(whodiedin1582,agedseventy-six)hadwritteninearlierlifefourLatintragedies,whenProfessorofHumaBordeaux,withMontaigneinhisclass.
{90}DefeLyricPoetry.
{91}DefeDi.Thisbeingwrittenonlyayearortwoafterthepublicationof"Euphues,"representsthatstyleofthedaywhichwasnotcreatedbutrepresehebookfromwhichittookthenameof"Euphuism."
{92}Nizolianpaper-books,areonplacebooksofquotablepassages,socalledbecauseanItaliangrammarian,MariusNizolius,bornatBerselloieeury,ahescholarsoftheRenaissahesixteenth,wasohefirstproducersofsues.HistributionhabeticalfoliodiaryofphrasesfromCicero:"ThesaurusCiianus,siveApparatusLiinaeescriptisTulliiCiiscollectus."
{93}"Helivesandwins,nay,estotheSenate,nay,estotheSenate,"&c.
{94}Pounded.Putinthepound,whenfoundastray.
{95}CapacitiesoftheEnglishLanguage.
{96}MetreandRhyme.
{97}LastSummaryandplayfulperoration松语文学www.16sy.coM免费小说阅读
{1}EdwardWotton,elderbrotherofSirHenryWotton.HewasknightedbyElizabethin1592,andmadeptrollerofherHousehold.
ObservetheplayfulnessinSidneysopeningandcloseofatreatisewrittenthroughoutinplain,manlyEnglishwithoutEuphuism,andstrictlyreasoned.
{2}Heretheintroduends,andtheargumentbeginswithitsPart1.PoetrythefirstLight-giver.
{3}Afablefromthe"Hetamythium"ofLaurentiusAbstemius,ProfessorofBellesLettresatUrbino,andLibrariantoDukeGuidoUbaldouhePontificateofAlexanderVI.(1492-1503).
{4}Plinysays("Nat.Hist.,"lib.xi.,cap.62)thattheyoungvipers,impatienttobeborhroughthesideoftheirmother,andsokillher.
{5}Part2.BorrowedfrombyPhilosophers.
{6}Timaeus,thePythagoreanphilosopherofLocri,ahenianCritiasarerepresentedbyPlatoashavinglistehediscourseofSocratesonaRepublic.Socratescallsooshowsuchastateina.CritiaswilltelloftherescueofEuropebytheacitizensofAttica,10,000yearsbefore,fromaninroadoftlessinvaderswhocamefromthevastislandofAtlantis,iernO;astruggleofwhichrecordreservediempleofNaithorAtheSais,i,andhandeddown,throughSolon,byfamilytraditiontoCritias.ButfirstTimaeusagreestoexpouructureoftheuniverse;thenCritias,inapieceleftunfinishedbyPlato,proceedstoshowanidealsocietyinaagainstpressureofadahatseemsirresistible.
{7}Platos"Republic,"bookii.
{8}Part3.BorrowedfrombyHistorians.
{9}Part4.HoheRomansasSacredandProphetic.
{10}Part5.AndreallysacredandprophetithePsalmsofDavid.
{11}Part6.BytheGreeks,PoetswerehohthenameofMakers.
{12}Poetryistheoiveart.Astronomersandothersrepeatwhattheyfind.
{13}PoetsimproveNature.
{14}Andidealizeman.
{15}HereaSedPartoftheEssaybegins.
{16}Part1.Poetrydefined.
{17}Part2.Itskinds.a.Divine.
{18}Philosophical,whichisperhapstooimitative.
{19}MarcusManiliuswroteuiberiusametricaltreatiseonAstronomy,ofwhichfivebooksonthefixedstarsremain.
{20}Poetryproper.{21}Part3.SubdivisionsofPoetryproper.
{22}Itsessenceisihought,notinapparellingofverse.
{23}HeliodoruswasBishopofTricThessaly,andlivedinthefourthtury.HisstoryofTheagenesandChariclea,calledthe"AEthiopica,"wasaromantictaleinGreekwhichwas,inElizabethsreign,translatedintoEnglish.
{24}ThePoetsarts.Part1.WORK:oetrydoesforus.
{25}Theirclaylodgings-"Suchharmonyisinimmortalsouls;ButwhilstthismuddyvestureofdecayDothgrosslycloseitin,weothearit."(Shakespeare,"MertofVenice,"actv.,sc.1){26}Poetrybestadvaheendofallearthlylearning,virtuousa.
{27}ItsadvantagehereinoverMoralPhilosophy.
{28}ItsadvantagehereinoverHistory.
{29}"Allmenmakefaults,andevenIinthis,Authorisingthytrespasswithpare."Shakespeare,"So"35.
{30}"Witnessofthetimes,lightoftruth,lifeofmemory,mistressoflife,messengerofantiquity."--Cicero,"DeOratore."
{31}InwhatmahePoetgoesbeyondPhilosopher,Historian,andallothers(batingparisonwiththeDivine).
{32}HeisbeyondthePhilosopher.
{33}Horaces"ArsPoetica,"lines372-3.ButHoracewrote"Nonhomines,nonDi"--"hermen,gods,erednshaveadmittedmediocrityis."
{34}Themoralon-places.onPlace,"Lounis,"wasatermusedinoldrhetorictorepreseimoniesorpithysentencesofgoodauthorswhichmightbeusedftheningoradadiscourse;butsaidKeckermann,whoseRhetoricwasatext-bookinthedaysofJamesI.andCharlesI.,"Becauseitisimpossiblethustoreadthroughallauthors,therearebooksthatgivestudentsofeloquetheyhesuofbooksofonPlaces,likethatcollectedbyStobaeusoutofCicero,Seerence,Aristotle;butespeciallythebookentitledPolyanthea,providesshortandeffectivesentetoanymatter."FrequetothePolyantheacausedmanyagoodquotationtobehaeyed;thetermofrhetoric,"aon-place,"camethentomeanagoodsayingmadefamiliarbyincessantquoting,andtheninonspeeytritesayinggoodorbad,butonlywithoutwitinit.
{35}ThusfarAristotle.Thewholepassageinthe"Poetics"runs:
"ItisnotbywritinginverseorprosethattheHistorianaaredistinguished.TheworkofHerodotusmightbeversified;butitwouldstillbeaspeciesofHistory,nolesswithmetrethanwithout.Theyaredistinguishedbythis,thattheoeswhathasbeeherwhatmightbe.OnthisatPoetryismorephilosophical,andamoreexcellentthingthanHistory,forPoetryischieflyversantaboutgeruth;Historyaboutparticular.Inwhatmanner,forexample,anypersonofacertaincharacterwouldspeakoract,probablyornecessarily,thisisgeneral;andthisistheobjectofPoetry,evenwhileitmakesuseofparticularnames.ButwhatAlcibiadesdid,orpeohim,thisisparticulartruth."
{36}Justinus,wholivedinthesedtury,madeaomeofthehistoryoftheAssyrian,Persian,Gre,Maian,andRomanEmpires,frusPompeius,wholivediimeofAugustus.
{37}DaresPhrygiusposedtohavebeenapriestofVul,whowasinTrthesiege,andthePhrygianIliadascribedtohimasearlyasthetimeofAElian,A.D.230,posed,therefore,tobeolderthanHomers.
{38}QuintusCurtius,aRomanhistorianofuaindate,whowrotethehistoryofAlexaheGreatintenbooks,ofwhichtwoarelostandothersdefective.
{39}Notknowledgebutpractice.
{40}ThePoetMonarchofallHumanSces.
{41}In"LovesLaboursLost"aresemblancehasbeenfaweenthispassageandRosalindsdescriptionofBiron,a:-"Whichhisfairtongue--ceitsexpositor-Deliversinsuchaptandgraciouswords,Thatagedearsplaytruantathistables,Andyoungerhearingsarequiteravished,Sosweetandvolubleishisdiscourse."
{42}Virgils"AEneid,"Bookxii.:-"AndshallthisgroundfaieddastardTurnusflyingview?Isitsovileathingtodie?"(PhaersTranslation[1573].){43}InstahepowerofthePoetswork.
{44}Defectuous.Thisword,fromtheFrench"defectueux,"isusedtwithe"ApologieforPoetrie."
{45}PartII.ThePARTSofPoetry.
{46}Pastoralbened?
{47}ThecloseilsseventhEclogue--Thyrsiswasvanquished,andCorydonedwithlastingglory.
{48}iac?
{49}OrIambic?orSatiric?
{50}FromthefirstSatireofPersius,line116,inadescriptionofHomerssatire:
"OmnevafervitiumridentiFlaccusamigit,etadmissuscircumpraecordialudit,"&c.
ShrewdFlaccustoucheseachvihislaughingfriend.Drydenthustranslatedthewholepassage:-"Unlikeihod,withcealeddesignDidcraftyHoracehislownumbersjoin;And,withaslyinsinuatinggraceLaughedathisfriend,andlookedhimintheface:Wouldraiseablushwheresecretvicehefound;Andtickle,whilehegentlyprobedthewound;Withseemingihecrowdbeguiled,Butmadethedesperatepasseswhilehesmiled."
{51}FromtheendoftheeleventhofHoracesepistles(Lib.1):
"nonanimummutant,quitransmarecurrunt,Strenuanosexerertia;navibusatqueQuadrigispetimusbenevivere.Quodpetis,hicest,EstUlubris,animussitenondeficitaequus."
Theygetheirskiesbutnottheirmindwhorunacrosstheseas;Wetoilinlabouredidleness,aoliveateaseWithforceofshipsandfourhorseteams.Thatwhichyouseekishere,AtUlubrae,unlessyourmindfailtobecalmandclear.
"AtUlubrae"wasequivalenttosayinginthedullesteroftheworld,oranywhere.UlubraewasalittletownprobablyinCampania,aRomanLittlePedlington.ThomasCarlylemayhavehadthispassageinmindwhenhegavetothesamethoughtagranderforminSartorResartus:
"Maywenotsaythatthehourofspiritualenfranchisemehis?
Whenyouridealworld,whereinthewholemanhasbeendimlystrugglingandinexpressiblylanguishingtowork,beesrevealedandthrownopen,andyoudiscoverwithamazementenough,liketheLotharioinWilhelmMeister,thatyourAmericaishereorhesituationthathasnotitsduty,itsideal,wasneveroccupiedbyman.Yes,here,inthispoor,miserablehamperedactualwhereinthouevennowsta,hereornowhere,isthyIdeal:workitouttherefrom,believe,live,andbefree.
Fool!theIdealisinthyself,theimpedimenttooisinthyself.ThyditionisbutthestuffthouarttoshapethatsameIdealoutof.Whatmatterwhethersuchstuffbeofthissortorthat,sotheformthougiveitbeheroic,bepoetic?Othouthatpiintheimprisooftheactual,andcriestbitterlytothegodsforakingdomwhereintoruleae,knowthisofatruth,thethingthouseekestisalreadywiththee,hereornowhere,couldestthouonlysee."
{52}Oric?
{53}Inpistrinum.Inthepounding-mill(usuallyworkedbyhorsesorasses).
{54}ic?
{55}TheoldsongofPerdDouglas,ChevyChaseinitsfirstform.
{56}OrtheHeroic?
{57}EpistlesI.ii.4.BetterthanChrysippusandtor.Theywerebothphilosophers,Chrysippusasubtlestoic,torthefirstentatoruponPlato.
{58}Summaryoftheargumentthusfar.
{59}Objesstateda.
{60}eliusAgrippasbook,"DeIudiVanitateStiarumetArtium,"wasfirstpublishedin1532;Erasmuss"MoriaeEn"waswritteninaweek,in1510,ainafewmonthsthroughseveions.
{61}Theobjetorhymeare.
{62}ThefirstofthesesentencesisfromHorace(EpistleI.xviii.69):
"Flyfromtheinquisitiveman,forheisababbler."Thesed,"Whileeachpleaseshimselfweareacredulouscrowd,"seemstobevariedfromOvid(Fasti,iv.311):-"sciameifamaemendaciarisit:Sednosinvitiumcredulaturbasumus."
Amindscioushtlaughsatthefalsehoodsoffamebuttowardsviceweareacredulouscrowd.
{63}Thechiefobjes.
{64}Thattimemightbebetterspent.
{65}Begthequestion.
{66}Thatpoetryisthemotheroflies.
{67}Thatpoetryisthenurseofabuse,iinguswithwantonailentdesires.
{68}Rampire,rampart,theOldFrenof"rempart,"was"rempar,"from"remparer,"tofortify.
{69}"Igivehimfreeleavetobefoolish."Avariationfromtheli.I.i.63),"Quidfaciasilli?jubeasmiserumesselibenter."
{70}ThatPlatobanishedpoetsfromhisidealRepublic.
{71}Whichauthoritycertainbarbarousandinsipidwriterswouldwrestintomeaningthatpoetsweretobethrustoutofastate.
{72}Ionisarhapsodist,indialoguewithSocrates,whootuandwhyitisthathisthoughtsflowabundantlywhealksofHomer."Iexplain,"saysSocrates;"yourtalentinexpoundingHomerisnotanartacquiredbysystemahod,otherwiseitwouldhavebeenapplicabletootherpoetsbesides.Itisaspecialgift,impartedtoyoubyDivinepowerandinspiration.Thelikeistrueofthepoetyouexpound.Hisgeniusdoesnfromart,system,ormethod:itisaspecialgiftemanatingfromtheinspirationoftheMuses.Apoetislight,airy,holyperson,whoposeversesatallsolongashisreasonremainswithinhim.TheMusestakeawayhisreason,substitutinginplaceofittheirowndivineinspirationandspecialimpulse...Likeprophetsanddeliverersoforacles,thesepoetshavetheirreasontakenaway,andbeetheservantsofthegods.Itisnottheywho,bereftoftheirreason,speakinsuchsublimestrains,itisthegodwhospeakstous,ahroughthem."Gerote,fromwhosevolumesonPlatoIquotethistranslationofthepassage,placed"Ion"amongthegenuinedialoguesofPlato.
{73}Guards,trimmingsorfags.
{74}TheSedSummary.
{75}CausesofDefeEnglishPoetry.
{76}FromtheinvocationattheopeningilsAEneid(line12),"Muse,bringtomymindthecausesofthesethings:whatdivinitywasinjured...thatonefamousforpietyshouldsufferthus."
{77}TheicheldelHopital,bornin1505,whojoiohisgreatpoliticalservices(whicludedthekeepingoftheInquisitionoutofFrandlonglabourtorepresscivilwar)greatskillinverse.Hediedin1573.
{78}Whoseheart-stringstheTitan(Prometheus)fastehabetterclay.(Juvenal,Sat.xiv.35).Drydentranslatedthelihitstext-
"Somesons,indeed,someveryfew,weseeWhokeepthemselvesfromthisiionfree,WhomgraciousHeavenfornoblerendsdesigheirlookserected,andtheirclayrefined."
{79}Theoratorismade,thepoetborn.
{80}Whatyouwill;thefirstthates.
{81}"WhateverIshalltrytowritewillbeverse."Sidneyquotesfrommemory,andadaptstohistext,TristiumIV.x.26.
"Spontesuacarmennumerosveadaptos,Etquodtemptabamdicere,versuserat."
{82}HISfor"its"hereasthroughout;theword"its"notbeirodutoEnglishwriting.
{83}DefetheDrama.ItshouldberememberedthatthiswaswritteheEnglishdramawasbuttwentyyearsold,andShakespeare,agedaboutseventeen,hadetoLondoroofShakespearesprecursorshadbeguntowriteforthestage.Marlowehadwritten;arengththatwastoeofthefreedomoftheEnglishdramahadyettobeshown.
{84}TherewasnoseryontheElizabethanstage.
{85}Messenger.
{86}Fromtheegg.
{87}Bias,slope;French"biais."
{88}Juvenal,Sat.iii.,lines152-3.WhichSamuelJohnsonfinelyparaphrasedinhis"London:"
"Ofallthegriefsthatharassthedistrest,Surethemostbitterisasfuljest."
{89}GeeBaan(whodiedin1582,agedseventy-six)hadwritteninearlierlifefourLatintragedies,whenProfessorofHumaBordeaux,withMontaigneinhisclass.
{90}DefeLyricPoetry.
{91}DefeDi.Thisbeingwrittenonlyayearortwoafterthepublicationof"Euphues,"representsthatstyleofthedaywhichwasnotcreatedbutrepresehebookfromwhichittookthenameof"Euphuism."
{92}Nizolianpaper-books,areonplacebooksofquotablepassages,socalledbecauseanItaliangrammarian,MariusNizolius,bornatBerselloieeury,ahescholarsoftheRenaissahesixteenth,wasohefirstproducersofsues.HistributionhabeticalfoliodiaryofphrasesfromCicero:"ThesaurusCiianus,siveApparatusLiinaeescriptisTulliiCiiscollectus."
{93}"Helivesandwins,nay,estotheSenate,nay,estotheSenate,"&c.
{94}Pounded.Putinthepound,whenfoundastray.
{95}CapacitiesoftheEnglishLanguage.
{96}MetreandRhyme.
{97}LastSummaryandplayfulperoration松语文学www.16sy.coM免费小说阅读
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