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.

The true poem is the poet's mind.

The true poem is the poet's mind.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

Of trees I (Krishna) am the fig.

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production read more

Poetry is the work of poets, not of peoples or communities; artistic creation can never be anything but the production of an individual mind .

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

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.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.