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Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.
Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a read more
Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.
Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.
Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
Made a still a blundering kind of melody;
Spurr'd boldly read more
Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
Made a still a blundering kind of melody;
Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin,
Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in;
Free from all meaning whether good or bad,
And in one word, heroically mad.
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column:
In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.
In the hexameter rises the fountain's silvery column:
In the pentameter aye falling in melody back.
