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John Crowe Ransom Quotes

Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history Picture Quote #1

But we moderns are impatient and destructive Picture Quote #1

The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape Picture Quote #1

Or he can work it out as a metrical and formal exercise, but he will be disappointed in its content. The New Year’s prospect fairly chills his daunting breast Picture Quote #1

I am a lady young in beauty waiting Until my truelove comes, and then we kiss Picture Quote #1

And a wandering beauty is a blade out of its scabbard.You know how dangerous, gentlemen of threescore?May you know it yet ten more Picture Quote #1

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Great lovers lie in Hell, the stubborn ones Infatuate of the flesh upon the bones; Stuprate, they rend each other when they kiss, The pieces kiss again, no end to this Picture Quote #1

And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious Picture Quote #1

Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet Picture Quote #1

For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties Picture Quote #1

He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form Picture Quote #1

Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to the mystic, when words which make sense can also make a uniform objective structure of accents and rhymes Picture Quote #1

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When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble Picture Quote #1

And a wandering beauty is a blade out of its scabbard. You know how dangerous, gentlemen of threescore? May you know it yet ten more Picture Quote #1

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Their free verse was no form at all, yet it made history (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) But we moderns are impatient and destructive (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) The arts generally have had to recognize Modernism - how should poetry escape (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) Or he can work it out as a metrical and formal exercise, but he will be disappointed in its content. The New Year’s prospect fairly chills his daunting breast (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) I am a lady young in beauty waiting Until my truelove comes, and then we kiss (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) And a wandering beauty is a blade out of its scabbard.You know how dangerous, gentlemen of threescore?May you know it yet ten more. (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) Great lovers lie in Hell, the stubborn ones Infatuate of the flesh upon the bones; Stuprate, they rend each other when they kiss, The pieces kiss again, no end to this. (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) For no art and no religion is possible until we make allowances, until we manage to keep quiet the enfant terrible of logic that plays havoc with the other faculties (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will not fall into any objective form (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to the mystic, when words which make sense can also make a uniform objective structure of accents and rhymes (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) When critics are waiting to pounce upon poetic style on exactly the same grounds as if it were prose, the poets tremble (John Crowe Ransom Quotes) And a wandering beauty is a blade out of its scabbard. You know how dangerous, gentlemen of threescore? May you know it yet ten more (John Crowe Ransom Quotes)