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Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.
Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.
Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme?
Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread,
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Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme?
Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread,
By winding myrtle round your ruin'd shed?
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
Made poetry a mere mechanic art.
Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I read more
I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
The poet is a liar who always speaks the truth.
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
