Cakes and Ale

‰ЫПWhen the thing of beauty has given me the magic of its sensation my mind quickly wanders; I listen with incredulity to the persons who tell me that they can look with rapture for hours at a view or a picture. Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. ‰Ы_ But people add other qualities to beauty ‰ЫУ sublimity, human interest, tenderness, love ‰ЫУ because beauty does not long content them. Beauty is perfect, and perfection (such is human nature) holds our attention but for a little while. ‰Ы_ Too much has been written about beauty. That is why I have written a little more. Beauty is that which satisfies the aesthetic instinct. But who wants to be satisfied? It is only to the dullard that enough is as good as a feast. Let us face it: beauty is a bit of a bore.‰Ыќ