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Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

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If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved the Inquisition might have let him alone.

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The world is as it used to be:“All nations striving strong to makeRed war yet redder. Mad as hattersThey do no more for Christés sakeThan you who are ...more

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The yard was a little centre of regeneration. Here, with keen edges and smooth curves, were forms in the exact likeness of those he had seen abraded a...more

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Though fervent was our vow,Though ruddily ran our pleasure,Bliss has fulfilled its measure,And sees its sentence now.Ache deep; but make no moans:Smil...more