The crowns o’ the world: O eyes sublime,
With tears and laughter for all time!
E. B. Browning (1809-1861). A Vision of Poets, 1844.
A rib of Shakespeare would have made a Milton: the same portion of Milton, all poets born ever since.
W. S. Landor (1775-1846). “Imaginary Conversations.” Works, 1846, ii. p. 74.
In poetry there is but one supreme,
Tho’ there are many angels round his throne,
Mighty, and beauteous, while his face is hid.