And when I fell from there,
Then knew I also what this life would do
In being twin,-in being man and woman!
(Emblems Of Love)
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Yet only for that we have been so longSundered desire: thence is our life all praise.
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That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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Hazardous are the stars, yet is our birth
And our journeying time theirs;
As words of air, life makes of starry earth
Sweet soul-delighted faces.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
Lascelles Abercrombie
If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.
Lascelles Abercrombie
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