Poetry is only the highest eloquence of passion$$$ the most vivid form of expression that can be given to our conception of anything$$$ whether pleasurable or painful$$$ mean or dignified$$$ delightful or distressing. It is the perfect coincidence of the

Poetry is only the highest eloquence of passion$$$ the most vivid form of expression that can be given to our conception of anything$$$ whether pleasurable or painful$$$ mean or dignified$$$ delightful or distressing. It is the perfect coincidence of the image and the words with the feeling we have$$$ and of which we cannot get rid in any other way$$$ that gives an instant "satisfaction to the thought." This is equally the origin of wit and fancy$$$ of comedy and tragedy$$$ of the sublime and pathetic.