Rymer, Thomas (1641-1713)

The Tragedies of the Last Age Consider'd and Examin'd by the Practice of the Ancients and by the Common Sense of All Ages in a Letter to Fleetwood Shepheard, Esq.

London

Printed for Richard Tonson

1678

"But Fancy, I think, in Poetry, is like Faith in Religion; it makes far discoveries, and soars above reason, but never clashes, or runs against it. Fancy leaps, and frisks, and away she's gone; whilst reason rattles the chains, and follows after."

But Fancy, I think, in Poetry, is like Faith in Religion; it makes far discoveries, and soars above reason, but never clashes, or runs against it. Fancy leaps, and frisks, and away she's gone; whilst reason rattles the chains, and follows after. Reason must consent and ratify what-ever by fancy is attempted in its absence; or else 'tis all null and void in law. However, in the contrivance and oeconomy of a Play, reason is always principally to be consulted. Those who object against reason, are the Fanaticks in Poetry, and are never to be sav'd by their good works.
(p. 8)

Motion::Soaring Motion::Leaping and Frisking Fetters::Chains

Reading

The Tragedies of the Last Age Consider'd and Examin'd by the Practice of the Ancients and by the Common Sense of All Ages in a Letter to Fleetwood Shepheard, Esq. (London: Printed for Richard Tonson, 1678). <Link to EEBO-TCP>

01/04/2015