I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by thought is brought within the grasp of feeling, or that in which what is ordinarily only felt is transformed into thought without ceasing to be feeling.

Quote by TS Eliot

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Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

Radio is a medium of entertainment which permits millions of people to listen to the...

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

Human kind cannot bear much reality.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

Fear is the tax which conscience pays to guilt

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the...

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

I had seen birth and death but had thought they were different.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

A good half of the effort of understanding what the Indian philosophers were after -...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Think not forever of yourselves, O Chiefs, nor of your own generation. Think of continuing...

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

Excellence encourages one about life generally; it shows the spiritual wealth of the world.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

A tradition without intelligence is not worth having.

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred...

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up...

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up...

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.

Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there.