human
The mere ideas and melody of a poem seem to me of small moment unless the complex laws of versification be strictly obeyed. The dictum, considering its source, is exquisitely ludicrous; for Hearn poetry could not be coined into dollars, even if he had had the mind and heart to learn anything of
gpt
Elsewhere he excused his manifest utter ignorance of poetry and want of poetic appreciation by saying that there is so little really good poetry that it is easy to choose. He confessed his detestation of Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats, preferring Dobson, Watson, and Lang.
human
Of Wordsworth--well, I should smile!
gpt
Refined poetry he held of little or no value, but he found the