Quote by Edmund Burke
Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows. - Edmund Burke

Poetry is the art of substantiating shadows. – Edmund Burke

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If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived. – Edmund Burke

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The poet lights the light and fades away. But the light goes on and on. – Emily Dickinson

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I credit poetry for making this space-walk possible. – Seamus Heaney

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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten. – Edith Sitwell

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Poetry is what gets lost in translation. – Robert Frost

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