...of "Endymion": "It is as good as I had power to make it — by myself. Had I been nervous about its being a perfect piece, and with that view asked advice,...it is not in my nature to fumble — I will write independantly, without Judgment. I may write independently, and with Judgment, hereafter. The Genius...

...- by myself - Had I been nervous about its being a perfect piece, & with that view asked advice, & trembled over every page, it would not have been written;...independently. - I have written independently without Judgement - I may write independently & with judgement hereafter. The Genius of Poetry must work out...

...between the critical and poetical judgment, seeing very clearly that a poet cannot write by rule. ' I have written independently without judgment. I '...with judgment, hereafter. The ' genius of poetry must ivork out its own salvation in a man. It 1 cannot be matured by law and precept, but by sensation and...