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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When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

When death, the great reconciler, has come, it is never our tenderness that we repent...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Liberty is a different kind of pain from prison.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

For I have known them all already, know them all -- have known the evenings,...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

To approach the stranger is to invite the unexpected, release a new force, let the...

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

There is no method but to be very intelligent.

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...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

My own experience and development deepen everyday my conviction that our moral progress may be...

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

Hell is oneself, Hell is alone, the other figures in it merely projections.

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.

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all our exploring will be...

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.

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Anxiety is the hand maiden of creativity

Those who trust us educate us

Those who trust us educate us

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

For last years words belong to last years language and next years words await another...

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...

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is...

There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is...

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should...