To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.

morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.

For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.

For florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.

The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

The fatal facility of the octosyllabic verse.

Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands read more

Some force whole regions, in despite
O' geography, to change their site;
Make former times shake hands with latter,
And that which was before come after;
But those that write in rhyme still make
The one verse for the other's sake;
For one for sense, and one for rhyme,
I think's sufficient at one time.

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.

For rhyme the rudder is of verses,
With which, like ships, they steer their courses.

For rhyme the rudder is of verses,
With which, like ships, they steer their courses.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.