Quotes on poetry

Aristocracy naturally leads human mind contemplation past, fixes there — Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy America

Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America
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[the poet] brings inner part things presents men a way cannot refuse a — Hilaire Belloc

Hilaire Belloc
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Alph, sacred river, ran caverns measureless man a sunless sea. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan

Kubla Khan Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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going? It’s issue there. ever feel can’t take another step, imagine fe — Stephen Dunn, Lines Defense: Poems

Lines of Defense: Poems Stephen Dunn
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strange things done midnight sun men moil gold; Arctic trails secret t — Robert W. Service, Cremation Sam McGee

Robert W. Service The Cremation of Sam McGee
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strange things done midnight sun men moil gold; Arctic trails secret t — Robert W. Service, Cremation Sam McGee

Robert W. Service The Cremation of Sam McGee
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yester-night prayed aloud anguish agony, Up-starting fiendish crowd sh — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Complete Poems

Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Complete Poems
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wander solitary there:Two paradises ��?twere oneTo live paradise alone — Andrew Marvell

Andrew Marvell
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wind stretched across couchstill nodding Sherlock Holmesexamining crus — Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll
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true enough beauty world. true competent restore it. candor, use. — Louise Gl?�ck, Averno

Averno Louise Gl?�ck
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