Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.

Some are soon bagg'd but some reject three dozen.
'Tis fine to see them scattering refusals
And read more

Some are soon bagg'd but some reject three dozen.
'Tis fine to see them scattering refusals
And wild dismay, o'er every angry cousin
(Friends of the party) who begin accusals,
Such as--"Unless Miss (Blank) meant to have chosen
Poor Frederick, why did she accord perusals
To his billets? Why waltz with him? Why, I pray,
Look yes least night, and yet say No to-day?"

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is all nouns and verbs.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

Made poetry a mere mechanic art.

The true poem is the poet's mind.

The true poem is the poet's mind.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

It is in self-limitation that a master first shows himself.

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.

A poet must leave traces of his passage, not proof.