Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer. The essence of poetry... Lectures on the Pilgrim's Progress, and on the Life and Times of John Bunyan - Halaman 35 oleh George Barrell Cheever - 1844 - 514 halaman Tampilan utuh -
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