Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. – Thomas Hardy

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. – Thomas Hardy
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. – Thomas Hardy
Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society and we cant get out of it if we would. – Thomas Hardy