Fry, Roger Eliot, 1866-1934 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 178
thus—simplification has been possibleonly as the last effort of consummate science refining away the super-fluous ; but here the simplification of the forms is the result ofan instinctive passionate reaching out for the direct symbol of theidea. Blakes art indeed is a test case for our theories -of… … rt J2 OJ J= <J) X rt ^ m oi r 1(D 5 5 E THREE PICTURES IN TEMPERA BY WILLIAM BLAKE 143 as a means to this end, owing them no allegiance and accepting fromthem only the service that they can render for this purpose. Poetry,says Blake, consists in bold, daring, and masterly conceptions;and shall…
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