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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands read more
Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands with latter,
And that which was before come after;
But those that write in rhyme still make
The one verse for the other's sake;
For one for sense, and one for rhyme,
I think's sufficient at one time.
A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.
A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.
