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.

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, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.

Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

For me, poetry is an impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.