Biographia Literaria; or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions • Paragraph 7
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It follows from these distinctions, that poetic genius depends on Imagination, and that poetic beauty arises from the reconciliation of opposites by a living synthesis. The merely fanciful writer may please by ingenuity and ornament, but he cannot produce the primary effect of poetry — that of giving life and unity to manifold impressions.