I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them, travel abroad, experience the horror of sordid passion and-if he is lucky enough-know the love of…

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The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no...

The award of a pure gold medal for poetry would flatter the recipient unduly: no...

Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples...

Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples...

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that...

If I were a girl, I'd despair. The supply of good women far exceeds that...

Marriage is a contradiction in terms of endearment.

Marriage is a contradiction in terms of endearment.

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the...

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the...

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. In love as...

If there's no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money. In love as...

Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued.

Marriage, like money, is still with us; and, like money, progressively devalued.

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight,...

Kill if you must, but never hate: Man is but grass and hate is blight,...

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of...

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental...

A well chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental...

Love is a universal migraine A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason.

Love is a universal migraine A bright stain on the vision Blotting out reason.

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of...

A remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good in spite of...

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat.

Prose books are the show dogs I breed and sell to support my cat.

War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of...

War was return of earth to ugly earth, War was foundering of sublimities, Extinction of...

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end.

A perfect poem is impossible. Once it had been written, the world would end.

Harold Camping of Family Radio is predicting the end of the world for May 21,...

Harold Camping of Family Radio is predicting the end of the world for May 21,...

Christ hung on the cross April 1, 33 A.D.Now go to April 1 of 2011...

Christ hung on the cross April 1, 33 A.D.Now go to April 1 of 2011...

About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who...

About the time of the end, a body of men will be raised up who...