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Didn't Keats say something about our being suspicious
of poems that have "designs on us"? [Candice W]
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Ah, but the key is _palpable_. He has Wordsworth in his sights, described by
implication as brooding and peacocking over his speculations until 'he makes
a false coinage and deceives himself', possibly because he had called the
*Hymn to Pan* 'a pretty piece of Paganism', but also Hunt and Byron: 'We
hate poetry that has a palpable design upon us ... Poetry should be great
and unobtrusive... Each of the moderns like an Elector of Hanover governs
his petty state...'
CW
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'When I came home I expected a surprise and there was no
surprise for me, so of course I was surprised.'
(Wittgenstein)
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