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A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
Poetry is itself a thing of God;
He made his prophets poets;and the more
We feel of read more
Poetry is itself a thing of God;
He made his prophets poets;and the more
We feel of poesie do we become
Like God in love and power,--under-makers.
There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.
There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.
A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning read more
A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.
For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.
