In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well. – Paul Valery
Every beginning is a consequence — every beginning ends some thing. – Paul Valery

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well. – Paul Valery
Every beginning is a consequence — every beginning ends some thing. – Paul Valery
The flowery Path of Poetry but ill accords with the thorny Mazes of the Law; in the one I have wandered with rapture from Infancy, and I have endeavoured to grace the other with a simple but lasting Ornament—Integrity of Heart. – Charles Snart, “Dedication, to Robert Lowe, Esq. Oxton,” 1807 January 1st, Newar