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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 mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.
I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.
I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
Made a still a blundering kind of melody;
Spurr'd boldly read more
Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
Made a still a blundering kind of melody;
Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin,
Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in;
Free from all meaning whether good or bad,
And in one word, heroically mad.
The poet is the priest of the invisible.
The poet is the priest of the invisible.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
Poetry is thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.
