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Adam, the goodliest man of men since born

For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense.

For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense.

Of man’s first disobedience, and the fruit

Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.

Rhyme being … but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre.

The troublesome and modern bondage of rhyming.

Where perhaps some beauty lies,

And storied windows richly dight,

Sabrina fair,

How charming is divine philosophy!

Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of heaven’s joy, Sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice, and Verse.

Blest pair of Sirens, pledges of heaven’s joy, Sphere-born harmonious sisters, Voice, and Verse.

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied.

The marble not yet carved can hold the form

The marble not yet carved can hold the form

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter … a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

Speech is civilisation itself. The word, even the most contradictory word, preserves contact—it is silence which isolates.

L’art est un anti-destin.

La chair est triste, hélas! et j’ai lu tous les livres.

Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune.

There comes Poe with his raven like Barnaby