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You speak
As one who fed on poetry.
You speak
As one who fed on poetry.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.
However, if a poem can be reduced to a prose sentence, there can't be much to it.
For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.
For me, poetry is an evasion of the real job of writing prose.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
Why then we should drop into poetry.
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut,
When the reason stands on its squarest toes,
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When the brain gets as dry as an empty nut,
When the reason stands on its squarest toes,
When the mind (like a beard) has a "formal cut,"--
There is a place and enough for the pains of prose;
But whenever the May-blood stires and glows,
And the young year draws to the "golden prime,"
And Sir Romeo sticks in his ear a rose,--
Then hey! for the ripple of laughing rhyme!
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
The poem is the point at which our strength gave out.
