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Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth--the true poet is very near the oracle.
Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth--the true poet is very near the oracle.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.
Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.
Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.
Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious
attention than history.
Poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious
attention than history.
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.
Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.
Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.
The true poem is the poet's mind.
The true poem is the poet's mind.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
