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As for the poetical character itself…it is not itself – it has no self – it is every thing and nothing\u00a0 <\/span>– It has no character – it enjoys light and shade, it lives in gusto, be it foul or fair, high or low, rich or poor, mean or elevated. It has as much delight in conceiving an Iago as an Imogen. What shocks the virtuous philosopher, delights the chamelion Poet… A poet is the most unpoetical of any thing in existence, because he has no identity – he is continually in for\u00a0 <\/span>— and filling some other body — The Sun, the Moon, the Sea and\u00a0 <\/span>Men and Women who are creatures of impulse are poetical and have about them an unchangeable attribute – the poet has none, no identity – he is certainly the most unpoetical of all God\u2019s creatures… It is a wretched thing to confess, but it is a very fact that not one word I ever utter can be taken for granted as an opinion growing out of my\u00a0 <\/span>identical nature – how can it, when I have no nature? When I am in a room with people if I ever\u00a0 <\/span>am free from speculating on creations of my own brain, then not myself\u00a0 <\/span>goes home to myself; but the identity of\u00a0 <\/span>every one in the room begins [for so] to press upon me that, I am in a very little time annhilated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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