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Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme?
Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread,
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Feel you the barren flattery of a rhyme?
Can poets soothe you, when you pine for bread,
By winding myrtle round your ruin'd shed?
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.
Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.
Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in
their best order.
Prose--words in their best order;--poetry--the best words in
their best order.
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
Oh love will make a dog howl in rhyme.
The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.
The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
