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"I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head."

"I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled; That every Hyacinth the Garden wears Dropt in her Lap from some once lovely Head."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

Gardening, Garden

15

"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."

"I came like Water, and like Wind I go."

Edward Fitzgerald, English Poet

15

"I need more than anything right now what is, of course, most impossible, someone to love me, to be with me at night when I wake up in shuddering horror and fear of the cement tunnels leading down to the shock room, to comfort me with an assurance that no psychiatrist can quite manage to convey."

"I need more than anything right now what is, of course, most impossible, someone to love me, to be with me at night when I wake up in shuddering horror and fear of the cement tunnels leading down to the shock room, to comfort me with an assurance that no psychiatrist can quite manage to convey."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Sensitivity, Love, Support, Fear, Nightmare

15

"The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell."

"The mind's passion is all for singling out. Obscurity has another tale to tell."

Adrienne Rich, American Poet

Mind, Obscurity, Passion

15

"Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within."

"Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within."

William Drummond, British Poet

15

"Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler."

"Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler."

Mark Strand, American Poet

Poetry, First, Language, Rest

15

"Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture."

"Colloquial poetry is to the real art as the barber's wax dummy is to sculpture."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

Art, Poetry, Sculpture

15

"The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island."

"The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island."

John Millington Synge, Irish Poet

Death, Complaint, Grief, Woman

15

"The best way out is always through."

"The best way out is always through."

Robert Frost, American Poet

Perseverance, Way, Endurance, Success

15

"Lying is done with words and also with silence."

"Lying is done with words and also with silence."

Adrienne Rich, American Poet

Deception, Lying, Silence, Words

15

"Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection."

"Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection."

Matthew Arnold, English Poet

Love, Culture, Perfection, Study

15

"All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star."

"All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star."

Francis Thompson, English Poet

15

"This morning's scene is good and fine, Long rain has not harmed the land."

"This morning's scene is good and fine, Long rain has not harmed the land."

Du Fu, Chinese Poet

15

"Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse."

"Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

Strength, Conscience, Faults, Justice

15

"The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind."

"The minute one utters a certainty, the opposite comes to mind."

May Sarton, American Poet

Certainty, Mind

15

"In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men."

"In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Man, Men, Artist, First

15

"Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious."

"Affectation is certain deformity; by forming themselves on fantastic models, the young begin with being ridiculous, and often end in being vicious."

Robert Blair, American Poet

Affectation, Being, End

15

"There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting."

"There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting."

John Millington Synge, Irish Poet

Soothing, Language

15

"Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish."

"Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish."

Anne Bradstreet, American Poet

Wisdom, Authority

15

"I'm either going to be a writer or a bum."

"I'm either going to be a writer or a bum."

Carl Sandburg, American Poet

Ambition, Writer

15

"Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles."

"Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles."

Don Marquis, American Poet

Age, Fun, Middleage

15

"The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present."

"The pleasure we derive from the representation of the present is due, not only to the beauty it can be clothed in, but also to its essential quality of being the present."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Beauty, Quality, Being, Pleasure

15

"I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them."

"I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them."

Ezra Pound, American Poet

15

"To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts."

"To say the word Romanticism is to say modern art - that is, intimacy, spirituality, color, aspiration towards the infinite, expressed by every means available to the arts."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

Art, Infinite, Intimacy, Spirituality

15

"It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least."

"It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least."

Robert Browning Hamilton, American Poet

Art, Truth, Glory

15

"In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing."

"In a full heart there is room for everything, and in an empty heart there is room for nothing."

Antonio Porchia, Italian Poet

15

"What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild flowers and getting us to draw and paint and learn poetry."

"What she did was to open our eyes to details of country life such as teaching us names of wild flowers and getting us to draw and paint and learn poetry."

Laurie Lee, English Poet

Life, Poetry, Country, Eyes

15

"Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much."

"Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much."

James Weldon Johnson, American Poet

Being, Boys, Singing, Voice

15

"It's a difficult thing having a heart made of glass, people don't seem to realize how easily it shatters. How often I've swept up the pieces and carefully glued them back together."

"It's a difficult thing having a heart made of glass, people don't seem to realize how easily it shatters. How often I've swept up the pieces and carefully glued them back together."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Sensitivity, Regret, Truth, Life, Happiness

15

"I simply do not distinguish between work and play."

"I simply do not distinguish between work and play."

Mary Oliver, American Poet

15

"Good words are worth much, and cost little."

"Good words are worth much, and cost little."

George Herbert, British Poet

Language, Words, Worth

15

"I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able to buy a book on the internet that you can't find in your local bookshop. This could be a lifeline if you live further from the sources."

"I'm addicted to email, but other than that, there are practical things - being able to buy a book on the internet that you can't find in your local bookshop. This could be a lifeline if you live further from the sources."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

Being, Internet

15

"Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?"

"Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?"

William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

Sacrifice, Heart, May

15

"The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl."

"The dogs did bark, the children screamed, Up flew the windows all; And every soul bawled out, Well done! As loud as he could bawl."

William Cowper, English Poet

Soul, Children, Dogs, Windows

15

"It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also."

"It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also."

Robert Southey, English Poet

Heaven, Hell, Intentions

15

"No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy."

"No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Behavior, Courtesy, Bryant H. Mcgill

15

"Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass."

"Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass."

William Congreve, English Poet

Business, Time, Wisdom, Father

15

"Life has no blessing like a prudent friend."

"Life has no blessing like a prudent friend."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Friendship, Life, Friend

15

"GOD is determined on you."

"GOD is determined on you."

TemitOpe Ibrahim, Nigerian Poet

Spiritual, Faith, Divinity, Determination, Life

15

"Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home."

"Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home."

Philip Levine, American Poet

Home, Poetry, Nothing, Now

15

"A cat will be your friend, but never your slave."

"A cat will be your friend, but never your slave."

Theophile Gautier, French Poet

Friendship, Friend, Will

15

"Time passes irrevocably."

"Time passes irrevocably."

Virgil, Roman Poet

15

"Be selfish and take good care of you first. When you are your best, you can best help others."

"Be selfish and take good care of you first. When you are your best, you can best help others."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Self-Care, Truth, Happiness, Inspirational, Wisdom

15

"Not without hope we suffer and we mourn."

"Not without hope we suffer and we mourn."

William Wordsworth, English Poet

15

"Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety."

"Obedience is the mother of success and is wedded to safety."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

Success, Mother, Obedience, Safety

15

"Doing nothing accomplishes nothing, gains nothing, changes nothing, and wins nothing. You have to make a move."

"Doing nothing accomplishes nothing, gains nothing, changes nothing, and wins nothing. You have to make a move."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

Initiative, Action, Power, Wisdom, Truth

15

"Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama."

"Experience means conflict, our natures being what they are, and conflict means drama."

Allen Tate, American Poet

Experience, Being, Conflict, Drama

15

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."

"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity."

Henry Van Dyke, American Poet

Time, Love, Fear, Eternity

15

"God sendeth and giveth both mouth and meat."

"God sendeth and giveth both mouth and meat."

Thomas Tusser, English Poet

15

"Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side."

"Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side."

James Russell Lowell, American Poet

Truth, Conflict, Evil, Falsehood

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