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For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in

For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment in regarding ones own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss. – Edward Dowden

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Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. – Edward Dowden

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Well, if this is poetry, Im certainly never going to write any myself. – James Schuyler

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Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate. – John Denham

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Im not a great poetry fan. – Rupert Everett

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Poetry makes nothing happen. It survives in the valley of its saying. – W. H. Auden

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