{"id":1498,"date":"2019-04-29T21:28:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T21:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1498"},"modified":"2019-05-03T14:20:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T14:20:01","slug":"wherein-poetry-chiefly-consists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1498","title":{"rendered":"Wherein Poetry Chiefly Consists"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

Most of our modern writers nowadays
\nConsider not the fancy but the phrase,
\nAs if fine words were wit, or one should say
\nA woman\u2019s handsome if her clothes be gay,
\nRegarding not what beauty\u2019s in the face,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nNor what proportion doth the body grace,
\nAs when her shoes be high to say she\u2019s tall,
\nAnd when she is straight-laced to say she\u2019s small.
\nWhen painted, or her hair is curled with art,
\nThough of itself \u2019tis<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> plain, and her skin<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span> swart,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10
\nWe cannot say that from her thanks are<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> due
\nTo Nature, nor those arts in her we view.
\nUnless she them invented, and so taught
\nThe world to set forth that which is stark naught.
\nBut fancy is the eye gives life to all;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15
\nWords, the complexion, as a whited wall.
\nFancy the form is: flesh, blood, skin and bone;<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nWords are but shadows; substance they have none.<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nBut number is the motion gives the grace,
\nAnd is the count\u2019nance of<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a well-formed face.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 20<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Most of our modern writers nowadays Consider not the fancy but the phrase, As if fine words were wit, or one should say A woman\u2019s handsome if her clothes be gay, Regarding not what beauty\u2019s in the face,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Nor what proportion doth the body grace, As when her shoes be high to say she\u2019s … Continue reading Wherein Poetry Chiefly Consists<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[216,236],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-part3","category-prefatory-material-part3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1498"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1501,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1498\/revisions\/1501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}