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"You need a poetic touch from the outer space? Then you need the moonlight!"
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"I love writing poetry because it's pretty. I love writing pretty."
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"Good poetry does not exist merely for the sake of itself, but rather, is a byproduct of yearning and growth; great poetry canonizes that yearning for the growth of others."
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"The secret of poetry is never explained - is always new. We have not got farther than mere wonder at the delicacy of the touch, & the eternity it inherits. In every house a child that in mere play utters oracles, & knows not that they are such. 'Tis as easy as breath. 'Tis like this gravity, which holds the Universe together, & none knows what it is."
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"The crown of literature is poetry."
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"A poem can't do its work if you only read snippets of it."
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"The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly."
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"Women do not have as great a need for poetry because their own essence is poetry."
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"From what the moderns want, we must learn what poetry should become; from what the ancients did, what poetry must be."
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"One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose."
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Explore more quotes by Edward Young
"Wishing of all employments is the worst."
Desire
"Much learning shows how little mortals know; much wealth, how little wordings enjoy."
Wealth
"All men think all men mortal, but themselves."
Man
"By night an atheist half believes in a God."
God
"Less base the fear of death than fear of life."
Death
"The purpose firm is equal to the deed."
Purpose
"Wonder is involuntary praise."
Praise
"Virtue alone has majesty in death."
Death
"Truth never was indebted to a lie."
Truth
"They only babble who practise not reflection."
Reflection
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