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Category Archive: March 3

Sidney Lanier Quote: “I have frequently noticed in myself…”

I have frequently noticed in myself a tendency to a diffuse style; a disposition to push my metaphors too far, employing a multitude of words to heighten the patness of the image, and so making of it a conceit rather than a metaphor, a fault copiously illustrated in the poetry of Cowley, Waller, Donne, and others of that ilk.

November 14, 2019 1842, American, March 3, Quotes by Poets, Sidney Lanier

Edmund Waller Quote: “Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse…”

Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.

October 23, 2019 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Sidney Lanier Quote: “But I cannot bring myself to…”

But I cannot bring myself to believe that I was intended for a musician, because it seems so small a business in comparison with other things which, it seems to me, I might do. Question here: ‘What is the province of music in the economy of the world?’

October 22, 2019 1842, American, March 3, Quotes by Poets, Sidney Lanier

Edmund Waller Quote: “Could we forbear dispute, and practise…”

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.

October 11, 2019 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “Leaving the old, both worlds at…”

Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.

July 27, 2019 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Basil Bunting Quote: “To appreciate present conditions, collate them…”

To appreciate present conditions, collate them with those of antiquity.

July 14, 2019 1900, Basil Bunting, British, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “Poets that lasting marble seek Must…”

Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek.

July 13, 2019 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

James Merrill Quote: “He puts his right hand lightly…”

He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, 500 to 600 words an hour. Better than gasoline.

June 13, 2019 1926, American, James Merrill, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “To love is to believe, to…”

To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!

June 12, 2019 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “The seas are quiet when the…”

The seas are quiet when the winds give o’er; So calm are we when passions are no more!

June 5, 2019 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

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