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Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.
It is the job of poetry to clean up our word-clogged reality by creating silences around things.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.
The finest poetry was first experience.
The finest poetry was first experience.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
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.
