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Quote by John Denham
Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one la

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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Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use. – John Denham

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There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army. – John Ashbery

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I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think. – Robert Morgan

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It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found – indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese. – Lafcadio Hearn

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A poem is never finished, only abandoned. РPaul Val̩ry

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