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Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.
Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
The poet... may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the read more
The poet... may be used as a barometer, but let us not forget that he is also part of the weather.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut,
When the reason stands on its squarest toes,
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When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut,
When the reason stands on its squarest toes,
When the mind (like a beard) has a "formal cut,"--
There is a place and enough for the pains of prose;
But whenever the May-blood stires and glows,
And the young year draws to the "golden prime,"
And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose,--
Then hey! for the ripple of laughing rhyme!
The true poem is the poet's mind.
The true poem is the poet's mind.
Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.
Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.
