I cannot think of anything more difficult than to say something which would be worthy of this impressive and for me memorable occasion and of the ideals and purposes which inspired the Nobel Peace Award.
We recognise in the finished art which is the result of these conditions...
To know anything of a poet but his poetry is so far as the poetry is...
The musician - if he be a good one - finds his own perception prompted by the...
Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire even though the desire be...
It should here be added that poetry habitually takes the form of verse.
If it is an imperfect word no external circumstance can heighten its value...
For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent the moods of man are...
But in the finished art of the song the use of words has no connection with...
Any long work in which poetry is persistent be it epic or drama or narrative...
A lyric it is true is the expression of personal emotion but then so is...
There can be no proof that Blake's lyric is composed of the best words in the...
So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as...
Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be...
