Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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... poetry , so rich in melodious singers that to enumerate their names would fill many lines , and among whom I will now only mention Sir Walter Scott , Samuel Coleridge , William Words- worth , Thomas ... poets in a 39 THE INFLUENCE OF POETRY.
... poetry , so rich in melodious singers that to enumerate their names would fill many lines , and among whom I will now only mention Sir Walter Scott , Samuel Coleridge , William Words- worth , Thomas ... poets in a 39 THE INFLUENCE OF POETRY.
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... poetry . For true poetry is rarely found in a crowd . The poet must retire apart to commune with his own soul , to gaze from afar at human strife . In the drawing - room filled with the lightest of chatter , in the restaurant with the ...
... poetry . For true poetry is rarely found in a crowd . The poet must retire apart to commune with his own soul , to gaze from afar at human strife . In the drawing - room filled with the lightest of chatter , in the restaurant with the ...
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... poetry . He who has a contempt for poetry cannot have much respect for himself , or for anything else . It is not a mere frivolous accomplishment ( as some persons have been led to imagine ) , the trifling amusement of a few idle ...
... poetry . He who has a contempt for poetry cannot have much respect for himself , or for anything else . It is not a mere frivolous accomplishment ( as some persons have been led to imagine ) , the trifling amusement of a few idle ...
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