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Poets touch forcibly and truly that invisible lyre which echoes in

Poets touch forcibly and truly that invisible lyre which echoes in unison in all human souls. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), paraphrase

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Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays. – Patrick White

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Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course. – John Drinkwater

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