“ Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. ”
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“ Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do. ”
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“ I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center. ”
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“ When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little. ”
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“ I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center. ”
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“ There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife. ”
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“ There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife. ”
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“ There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife. ”
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“ I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center. ”
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“ I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center. ”
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“ The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness. ”
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“ The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness. ”
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“ Never allow gradually the traffic to smother with noise and fog the flowering of the spirit. ”
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“ I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center. ”
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“ There is a certain justice in criticism. The critic is like a midwife - a tyrannical midwife. ”
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“ But reading is not idleness... it is the passive, receptive side of civilization without which the active and creative world would be meaningless. It is the immortal spirit of the dead realised within the bodies of the living. It is sacramental. ”
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“ History is the ship carrying living memories to the future. ”
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“ But reading is not idleness... it is the passive, receptive side of civilization without which the active and creative world would be meaningless. It is the immortal spirit of the dead realised within the bodies of the living. It is sacramental. ”
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“ History is the ship carrying living memories to the future. ”
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“ I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center. ”
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“ When you read and understand a poem, comprehending its rich and formal meanings, then you master chaos a little. ”
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“ The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness. ”
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“ The greatest poets are those with memories so great that they extend beyond their strongest experiences to their minutest observations of people and things far outside their own self-centeredness. ”
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“ History is the ship carrying living memories to the future. ”
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“ History is the ship carrying living memories to the future. ”
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“ History is the ship carrying living memories to the future. ”
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“ Born of the sun they travelled a short while towards the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour. ”
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