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On Poetry Quotes

If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger Picture Quote #1

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose Picture Quote #1

The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry? Picture Quote #1

We are surrounded by poetry on all sides Picture Quote #1

Poetry a riprap on the slick rock of metaphysics Picture Quote #1

American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet Picture Quote #1

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For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history Picture Quote #1

Anybody is qualified, according to everybody, for giving opinions upon poetry. It is not so in chemistry and mathematics. Nor is it so, I believe, in whist and the polka. But then these are more serious things Picture Quote #1

I don’t look on poetry as closed works. I feel they’re going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length Picture Quote #1

It is the hour to be drunken! To escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish Picture Quote #1

It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish Picture Quote #1

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If there were no poetry on any day in the world, poetry would be invented that day. For there would be an intolerable hunger (On Poetry Quotes) Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose (On Poetry Quotes) The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then the poetic poetry? (On Poetry Quotes) We are surrounded by poetry on all sides (On Poetry Quotes) Poetry a riprap on the slick rock of metaphysics (On Poetry Quotes) American poetry, like American painting, is always personal with an emphasis on the individuality of the poet (On Poetry Quotes) For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history (On Poetry Quotes) Anybody is qualified, according to everybody, for giving opinions upon poetry. It is not so in chemistry and mathematics. Nor is it so, I believe, in whist and the polka. But then these are more serious things (On Poetry Quotes) I don’t look on poetry as closed works. I feel they’re going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length (On Poetry Quotes) It is the hour to be drunken! To escape being the martyred slaves of time, be ceaselessly drunk. On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish (On Poetry Quotes) It is time to get drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, get drunk; get drunk without stopping! On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish (On Poetry Quotes)

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