By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination, the art of doing by means of words what the painter does by means of colors.


The Edinburgh Review (Aug., 1825)

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination, the art of doing by means of words what...

By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination, the art of doing by means of words what...

By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination, the art of doing by means of words what...

By poetry we mean the art of employing words in such a manner as to produce an illusion on the imagination, the art of doing by means of words what...