The advantages found in history seem to be of three kinds as it amuses the fancy as it improves the understanding and as it strengthens virtue.
Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.
Soul meets soul on lovers' lips.
War is the statesman's game the priest's delight the lawyer's jest the...
Man has no right to kill his brother. It is no excuse that he does so in...
Who writes poetry imbibes honey from the poisoned lips of life.
My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...
I write poetry in order to live more fully.
