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The chief merit of new {if socz'éz'é is, that it should seem to be entirely spontaneous: when the reader says to himself, 'i could have written that, and easily too,' he pays the poet the highest possible compliment. At the same time it is right to Observe, that this absence Of effort, as recognized in most works Of real excellence. 15 only apparent; the writing of mm 1276 socz'éfé is a difficult accomplishment, and no one has fully succeeded in it without possess ing a certain gift Of irony, which is not only a much rarer quality than humor, or even wit, but is alto gether less commonly met with than is sometimesimagined. At the same time this description Of poetry seems so easy to write that a long catalogue Of authors, both famous and Obscure, have at tempted it, but in the great majority Of cases with very indifferent success. This frequent liability to failure will excite less surprise ifit be borne in mind that the possession Of the true poetic faculty is not sufficient Of itself to guarantee capacity for this ih ferior branch of the art of versification. The writer of very d'e socz'éz'é, in order to be genuinely success ful, must not only be more or less of a poet, but he must also be a man of the world, in the most liberal sense Of the expression he must have mixed throughout his life with the most refined and culti yated members of his species, not merely as an idle bystander, but as a busy actor in the throng. A professed poet, however exalted his faculty, will sel dom write the best new zl'e socz'éz'é, just because writ ing is the business of his life; for it appears to be an essential characteristic of these brilliant trifles, that they should be thrown Offin the leisure moments Of men whose lives are devoted to graver pursuits.
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The chief merit of new {if socz'éz'é is, that it should seem to be entirely spontaneous: when the reader says to himself, 'i could have written that, and easily too,' he pays the poet the highest possible compliment. At the same time it is right to Observe, that this absence Of effort, as recognized in most works Of real excellence. 15 only apparent; the writing of mm 1276 socz'éfé is a difficult accomplishment, and no one has fully succeeded in it without possess ing a certain gift Of irony, which is not only a much rarer quality than humor, or even wit, but is alto gether less commonly met with than is sometimesimagined. At the same time this description Of poetry seems so easy to write that a long catalogue Of authors, both famous and Obscure, have at tempted it, but in the great majority Of cases with very indifferent success. This frequent liability to failure will excite less surprise ifit be borne in mind that the possession Of the true poetic faculty is not sufficient Of itself to guarantee capacity for this ih ferior branch of the art of versification. The writer of very d'e socz'éz'é, in order to be genuinely success ful, must not only be more or less of a poet, but he must also be a man of the world, in the most liberal sense Of the expression he must have mixed throughout his life with the most refined and culti yated members of his species, not merely as an idle bystander, but as a busy actor in the throng. A professed poet, however exalted his faculty, will sel dom write the best new zl'e socz'éz'é, just because writ ing is the business of his life; for it appears to be an essential characteristic of these brilliant trifles, that they should be thrown Offin the leisure moments Of men whose lives are devoted to graver pursuits.
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