id,comments,provenance,dictionary,created_at,reviewed_on,work_id,theme,context,updated_at,metaphor,text 19254,"",Searching in Google Books,"",2011-10-06 21:36:06 UTC,,7107,Flights of Fancy,"",2013-06-04 15:29:20 UTC,"""'Tis fancy, powerful fancy wings / The poet's flight whene'er he sings, / Fancy strikes the living lyre, / Fancy sheds poetic fire!"""," What inspires the poet's song?
What bears his rapid tide along?
What assists his daring flight?
What directs his course aright?
Can Roman or can Grecian lore,
Can arts make mighty genius soar?
No--nature tells each generous heart,
That poesy's undeck'd by art;
Let critics, let pedantic fools,
Establish art and settle rules;
'Tis fancy, powerful fancy wings
The poet's flight whene'er he sings,
Fancy strikes the living lyre,
Fancy sheds poetic fire!

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