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The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry.

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Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.

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Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

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Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.

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Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? - a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance.

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The artist, depicting man disdainful of the storm and stress of life, is no less reconciling and healing than the poet who, while endowing Nature and Humanity, rejoices in its measureless superiority to human passions and human sorrows.

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Most joyful the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.

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To the poet, to the philosopher, to the saint, all things are friendly and sacred, all events profitable, all days holy, all men divine.

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There are two classes of poets - the poets by education and practice, these we respect; and poets by nature, these we love.

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Mediocrity is not allowed to poets, either by the gods or man.

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