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Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.
Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his read more
A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.
A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning read more
A poet is a man who manages, in a lifetime of standing out in thunderstorms, to be struck by lightning five or six times.
Poetry is itself a thing of God;
He made his prophets poets;and the more
We feel of read more
Poetry is itself a thing of God;
He made his prophets poets;and the more
We feel of poesie do we become
Like God in love and power,--under-makers.
Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.
Poetry is truth dwelling in beauty.
Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.
Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
morning: that first sapphire dome of glow.
Writing a poem is discovering
Writing a poem is discovering
A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.
A poet looks at the world the way a man looks at a woman.