...trembled over every page, it would not have been written; for it is not in my nature to fumble — I will write independently. — I have written independently without Judgment. — I may write independently, & with Judgment hereafter. The Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man: It cannot...

...ornament and superfluous. Keats himself once again struck exactly the right note when he told Hessey, ' I have written independently without judgment: I may...write independently, and with judgment, hereafter.' 4 The criticism was just, and the aspiration was fulfilled ; and an acute and sympathetic critic might...

...write independently, I have written independently without judgement (Sic) [the 'Sic' is Crapsey's], I may write independently and with judgment hereafter....precept, but by sensation and watchfulness in itself. Crapsey was receptive to, if amused by, the experiments of her contemporaries. In one of her final...

...essential, despite the recurrent anxieties and difficulties it caused. As he wrote to James Hessey, The Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man: It cannot be matured by law & precept, but by sensation & watchfulness in itself - That which is creative must create itself. (Letters,...

...stop to pluck a leaf, finger a stone watchfulness was his word sensation and watchfulness in itself the Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man I leapt he said headlong into the sea. . . Blue of Ireland quickens in the sea, green fish deep below...

...compares himself to a priest, it is a priest listening to an inner voice, 22 and Keats writes that The Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man: It cannot be matured by law &: precept, but by sensation & watchfulness in itself— That which is creative must create itself—...

...rose among the young. In another poem ("Memories of John Keats"), Levertov refers to Keats' words: "the Genius / of Poetry must work out / its own salvation in a man." Like Keats, she "leapt . . . / headlong into a sea . . ." and the courage to do so rested upon her...

..."salvation." Keats had spoken of "salvation" the year before in a letter to his publisher John Hessey: "The Genius of Poetry must work out its own salvation in a man" (October 8, 1818). Keats meant that poetry must save one from failure, which was all around in various...

...write indcpendantly. — I have written independently without Judgment — I may write independently C? with judgment hereafter. — The Genius of Poetry...own salvation in a man: It cannot be matured by law & precept, but by sensation & watchfulness in itself — That which is creative must create itself...

...independently. — I have written independently without Judgment. — I may write independently, & with judgment hereafter. — The Genius of Poetry...own salvation in a man: It cannot be matured by law & precept, but by sensation & watchfulness in itself. That which is creative must create itself —...