A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

Quote by W H Auden

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God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really...

Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology...

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology...

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here...

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds...

Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds...

Life is an opportunity afforded to each not to eat and drink, but to achieve...

Life is an opportunity afforded to each not to eat and drink, but to achieve...