Letters to Dead Authors
Letters to Dead Authors
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Yet Digitized by VjOOQIC 98 LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS posterity declines to read a line of yours, and, as we think of you, we are again set face to face with that eternal problem, how far is popularity a test of poetry ? Bums was a poet, and popular.
Byron was a popular poet, and the world agrees in the verdict of their own generation. But Montgomery, though he sold so well, was no poet, nor, Sir, I fear, was your verse made of the stuff of immortality. Criticism cannot hurt what is truly great ;... the Cardinal and the Academy left Chim^ne as fair as ever, and as adorable. It is only pinchbeck that perishes under the acids of satire : gold defies them. Yet I sometimes ask myself, does the existence of popularity like yours justify the malignity of satire, which blesses neither him who gives, nor him who takes ? Are poisoned arrows fair against a bad poet? I doubt it. Sir, holding that, even unpricked, a poetic bubble must soon burst by its own nature.
Yet satire will assuredly be written so long as bad poets are successful, and bad poets will as- suredly reflect that their assailants are merely envious, and, while their vogue lasts, that Prime Ministers and the purchasing public are the only judges.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Yet Digitized by VjOOQIC 98 LETTERS TO DEAD AUTHORS posterity declines to read a line of yours, and, as we think of you, we are again set face to face with that eternal problem, how far is popularity a test of poetry ? Bums was a poet, and popular.
Byron was a popular poet, and the world agrees in the verdict of their own generation. But Montgomery, though he sold so well, was no poet, nor, Sir, I fear, was your verse made of the stuff of immortality. Criticism cannot hurt what is truly great ;... the Cardinal and the Academy left Chim^ne as fair as ever, and as adorable. It is only pinchbeck that perishes under the acids of satire : gold defies them. Yet I sometimes ask myself, does the existence of popularity like yours justify the malignity of satire, which blesses neither him who gives, nor him who takes ? Are poisoned arrows fair against a bad poet? I doubt it. Sir, holding that, even unpricked, a poetic bubble must soon burst by its own nature.
Yet satire will assuredly be written so long as bad poets are successful, and bad poets will as- suredly reflect that their assailants are merely envious, and, while their vogue lasts, that Prime Ministers and the purchasing public are the only judges.
What to read after Letters to Dead Authors?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lang Andrew to read onlineMoreLess
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