The Drukken Steps in Poetry and Music
The following is from the CD "In the Music" by The Trash Can Sinatras (2009)
Read more about this topic: Robert Burns And The Eglinton Estate Famous quotes containing the words steps, poetry and/or music:“Surely it is one of the requisites of a tasteful garb that the expression of effort to please shall be wanting in it; that the mysteries of the toilet shall not be suggested by it; that the steps to its completion shall be knocked away like the sculptor’s ladder from the statue, and the mental force expended upon it be swept away out of sight like the chips on the studio floor.” “Thus all probable reasoning is nothing but a species of sensation. ‘Tis not solely in poetry and music, we must follow our taste and sentiment, but likewise in philosophy, When I am convinc’d of any principle, ‘tis only an idea which strikes more strongly upon me. When I give the preference to one set of arguments above another, I do nothing but decide from my feeling concerning the superiority of their influence.” “Taylor, the Shakespeare of divines. |