, 1879-03-29
Every Man His Own Poet; or, The
Inspired Singers Recipe.
Book.
The First Satire Of w. II. n1aIlOclz,
Author OF I" Tho Now
Republic"
bow to Make Love Poems, Marine
Poems, Epic Poems, Byronlo
Poems, Etc.

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the Introduction and conclusion, IND Rl TINT lies
between. The satire Is as follows:
INTRODUCTION.
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this description wouid havo seemed, VIC canhos
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OF THh NATURE OF POETRY
Poetry, as practtccd by the lntcst masters, ts
prufAne or too Indecent to be EXPRESSED IN any
other way. And thus, Just as q consumnato
cook will prepare \ most dellcata rcpaat OUT Of
the most pour materials. so Will the modern poet
cuncoct us a most popular poem from the weak
Tic only difference il, tl'at tic cook would pre-.
fer good materials f he could get them, whilst
As fur, however, as tho nature Of materials goes,
those which the two artists work with arc t1!u
enu,c,-yiz., an!mals, vegetables, a,hlsptrlts. 1t
was the practice ut Shakespeare ind other earlier
n,psters to make nso Of all these
together. mixing them In varIous pro.
portions. bat ,9 moaefas as.ia mase ioona 1a.
each separately. Thus hlr: swtnnurno uses very
little elso but nnimnl matter In the composition
Of luis dishes, which, 1t must be confessed, are
The lnte Mr.. Wordsworth, on tlle contrary. con-
% tion Of % primrose pudding ani ilint SOUP rayore
with the lesser celansl1nc, and only nov utl!l
sat1lrn bcggar-boy boiled down III 1t to give i
s${ color. lie roblns and drowned la'hbs which
lpiquaucy. was needed, Hcrc employed
fso BpsFingly tint they did not destroy
Pin tNe least the general vegetable tone
quence m nnitnpeaclable l.enten l,et. It u
difficult 70 Know ~tat 70 say ot ~ tenn}son!
~ tie 1nl!k nihi whtcr o. Mn'ch n!h poo.h h.o
composed chie1Y, maKe IL almost inlposs'oe ~. 10
discover ~hnt waa tne orleHas natn1s Q, t!e
Il nsrhops as soewst % @ 10 eass
Iy; as, THOUGH 8ptfat8 hrc Wh8t ~ aucctcA