"It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back."

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"It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back."

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"I see no reason for calling my work poetry except that there is no other category in which to put it."

"There never was a war that was not inward."

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