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Quote by Edward Young
There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is myste

There is something about poetry beyond prose logic, there is mystery in it, not to be explained but admired. – Edward Young

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The maid that loves goes out to sea upon a shattered plank, and puts her trust in miracles for safety. – Edward Young

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Trust
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Edward Young
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One to destroy, is murder by the law and gibbets keep the lifted hand in awe to murder thousands, takes a specious name, Wars glorious art, and gives immortal fame. – Edward Young

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War
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Poetry is the utterance of deep and heart-felt truth – the true poet is very near the oracle. – Edwin Hubbel Chapin

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I think we fool ourselves and really negate a great deal of history if we think that the oral history of poetry is shorter than the written history of poetry. Its not true. Poetry has a longer oral tradition than it does written. – Saul Williams

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Poetry, like the moon, does not advertise anything. – William Blissett

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[Poetry] feeds on the purest substance of the sentiments of the soul. It quenches its thirst with a nectar that has no dregs. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

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