You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

You speak
As one who fed on poetry.

Writing a poem is discovering

Writing a poem is discovering

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

A poet can survive everything but a misprint.

For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.

For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.

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?

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

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.