Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

For rhyme the rudder is of verses,
With which, like ships, they steer their courses.

For rhyme the rudder is of verses,
With which, like ships, they steer their courses.

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

Poetry should... should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his read more

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

Poetry should be common in experience but uncommon in books.

morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.

morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.