But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with the use of words in poetry. – John Drinkwater

If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. – John Drinkwater

To know anything of a poet but his poetry is, so far as the poetry is concerned, to know something that may be entertaining, even delightful, but is certainly inessential. – John Drinkwater