Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

Poetry is not a profession, it is a destiny.

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

A poet is someone who is astonished by everything.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

I've written some poetry I don't understand myself.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

For it is not metres, but a metre-making argument that makes a
poem.

The true poem is the poet's mind.

The true poem is the poet's mind.

It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.

It does not need that a poem should be long. Every word was once
a poem.