Quote by Edmund Burke
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existe

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows, and of lending existence to nothing. – Edmund Burke

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There is a boundary to mens passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination. – Edmund Burke

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