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A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.
Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
The finest poetry was first experience.
The finest poetry was first experience.
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.
I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I read more
I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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.
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.
