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James Russell Lowell, Among my books 10 0 Browse Search
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his year seems to have been occupied with a journey on foot in Scotland, and the composition of Endymion, which was published in 1818. Milton's Tetrachordon was not better abused; but Milton's assais, to all appearance, accepted his ill fortune courageously. He certainly did not overestimate Endymion, and perhaps a sense of humor which was not wanting in him may have served as a buffer against importunate shock of disappointment. He made Ritchie promise, says Haydon, he would carry his Endymion to the great desert of Sahara and fling it in the midst. On the 9th October, 1818, he writes tt, but by sensation and watchfulness in itself. That which is creative must create itself. In Endymion I leaped headlong into the sea, and thereby have become better acquainted with the soundings, te first is a conclusive proof. And far indeed is his Lamia from the lavish indiscrimination of Endymion. In his Odes he showed a sense of form and proportion which we seek vainly in almost any other