wagingwaruponVicesolelyonthegroundofherdeformityherdisproportionheranimositytothefitting，totheappropriate，totheharmoniousinaword，toBeauty。
AnimmortalinstinctdeepwithinthespiritofmanisthusplainlyasenseoftheBeautiful。Thisitiswhichadministerstohisdelightinthemanifoldforms，andsounds，andodorsandsentimentsamidwhichheexists。
Andjustasthelilyisrepeatedinthelake，ortheeyesofAmaryllisinthemirror，soisthemereoralorwrittenrepetitionoftheseforms，andsounds，andcolors，andodors，andsentimentsaduplicatesourceofde“
light。Butthismererepetitionisnotpoetry。Hewhoshallsimplysing，withhoweverglowingenthusiasm，orwithhowevervividatruthofdescription，ofthesights，andsounds，andodors，andcolors，andsentimentswhichgreet_him_incommonwithallmankindhe，Isay，hasyetfailedtoprovehisdivinetitle。Thereisstillasomethinginthedistancewhichhehasbeenunabletoattain。Wehavestillathirstunquenchable，toallaywhichhehasnotshownusthecrystalsprings。ThisthirstbelongstotheimmortalityofMan。Itisatonceaconsequenceandanindicationofhisperennialexistence。Itisthedesireofthemothforthestar。ItisnomereappreciationoftheBeautybeforeus，butawildefforttoreachtheBeautyabove。Inspiredbyanecstaticprescienceofthegloriesbeyondthegrave，westrugglebymultiformcombinationsamongthethingsandthoughtsofTimetoattainaportionofthatLovelinesswhoseveryelementsperhapsappertaintoeternityalone。AndthuswhenbyPoetry，orwhenbyMusic，themostentrancingofthepoeticmoods，wefindourselvesmeltedintotears，weweepthen，notastheAbbateGravinasupposes，throughexcessofpleasure，butthroughacertainpetulant，impatientsorrowatourinabilitytograspnow，wholly，hereonearth，atonceandforever，thosedivineandrapturousjoysofwhich_through’_thepoem，or_through_themusic，weattaintobutbriefandindeterminateglimpses。
ThestruggletoapprehendthesupernalLovelinessthisstruggle，onthepartofsoulsfittinglyconstitutedhasgiventotheworldall_that_whichittheworldhaseverbeenenabledatoncetounderstandand_tofeel_aspoetic。