It depends little on the object, much on the mood, in art.
Self-love is, in almost all men, such an over-weight that they are incredulous of a man's habitual preference of the general good to his own; but when they see it proved by sacrifices of ease, wealth, rank, and of life itself, there is no limit to their admiration.
Desire is possibility seeking expression.
Every man is an impossibility until he is born.
There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.
But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things; so that picturesque language is at once a commanding certificate that he who employs it, is a man in alliance with truth and God.