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Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness,
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness,
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness,
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness,
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness,
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness,
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John Drinkwater:
If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry.John Drinkwater:
It is commonly asserted and accepted that Paradise Lost is among the two or three greatest EnglishJohn Drinkwater:
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Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no othJohn Drinkwater:
So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kinJohn Drinkwater:
The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the poet's perception, anJohn Drinkwater:
The poet's perfect expression is the token of a perfect experience; what he says in the best possibJohn Drinkwater:
The written word is everything.