...and enthusiasm for the ancient myths, or Poesy Parabolical. Poetry is 'feigned history', its use is 'to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of...points wherein the nature of things doth deny it'. The spirit of man wants 'a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety,...

...directly to the human soul, and not just to the rational mind. The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of...points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by reason whereof there is agreeable to the spirit...

...Julie, and Jonathan; and for Will, Roy, Jim, Dan, Cliff, Gerald, and Bobbtj The use of [poesy] hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of...points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit...