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What passing bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan read more
What passing bells for these who die as cattle?Only the monstrous anger of the guns.Only the stuttering rifles' rapid rattleCan patter out their hasty orisons. - Anthem for Doomed Youth.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.
Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.
Literary Men are . . . a perpetual priesthood.
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.
Books are humanity in print.
Books are humanity in print.
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much read more
Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates...
Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the
seventeenth, poetry.
Our poetry in the eighteenth century was prose; our prose in the
seventeenth, poetry.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
