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 O brave poets, keep back nothing;
 Nor mix falsehood with the whole!
  Look up Godward! speak the read more 
 O brave poets, keep back nothing;
 Nor mix falsehood with the whole!
  Look up Godward! speak the truth in
   Worthy song from earnest soul!
    Hold, in high poetic duty,
     Truest Truth the fairest Beauty. 
 Most joyful let the Poet be;
 It is through him that all men see.  
 Most joyful let the Poet be;
 It is through him that all men see. 
A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds
A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds
Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five read more
Poets have said that the reason to have children is to give yourself immortality. Immortality? Now that I have five children, my only hope is that they are all out of the house before I die.
 Who all in raptures their own works rehearse,
 And drawl out measur'd prose, which they call verse.  
 Who all in raptures their own works rehearse,
 And drawl out measur'd prose, which they call verse. 
 Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners 
of nature.  
 Poets alone are sure of immortality; they are the truest diviners 
of nature. 
 "There's nothing great
 Nor small," has said a poet of our day,
  Whose voice will ring beyond read more 
 "There's nothing great
 Nor small," has said a poet of our day,
  Whose voice will ring beyond the curfew of eve
   And not be thrown out by the matin's bell. 
 Poets are all who love,--who feel great truths,
 And tell them.  
 Poets are all who love,--who feel great truths,
 And tell them. 
The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.
The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.