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One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth
It is not enough that poetry is agreeable, it should also be interesting
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular
It is very difficult to pass from pleasure to work. Accordingly more poems have been swallowed up by sorrow than ever happiness caused to blaze forth in unparalleled radiance
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling
Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.
Scorn not the sonnet. Critic, you have frowned,
Mindless of its just honours; with this key
Shakespeare unlocked his heart.
Mindless of its just honours; with this key
Shakespeare unlocked his heart.
Scorn not the Sonnet
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