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Edmund Clarence Stedman was an American poet known for his lyrical and prose poems. His works often revolve around themes of natural landscapes and human emotions, deeply influenced by Romanticism and Transcendentalism.

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Famous Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes

“Natural emotion is the soul of poetry, as melody is of music; the same faults are engendered by over-study of either art; there is a lack of sincerity, of irresistible impulse in both the poet and the, composer.”

Art Soul Natural Emotion Study Poet Faults Impulse Melody Sincerity Composer Irresistible

Book:Poets of America

Source: Poets of America

“The poet who does not revere his art, and believe in its sovereignty, is not born to wear the purple.”

Believe Doe Art Born Poet Sovereignty Purple

Book:Poets of America

Source: Poets of America

“Progress comes by experiment, and this from ennui that leads to voyages, wars, revolutions, and plainly to change in the arts of expression; that cries out to the imagination, and is the nurse of the invention whereof we term necessity the mother.”

Art War Mother Term Imagination Progress Cry Expression Revolution Experiments Invention Nurse Voyages Ennui

Book:Poets of America

Source: Poets of America

“Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.”

Art Hard Fashion Judging Lasting Temporary Lasting Love Potency Art Making

Book:Poets of America

Source: Poets of America

“Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.”

Art Fine Excellence Hardest Chiefs Poetry Is Fine Arts

Book:VICTORIAN POETS

Source: VICTORIAN POETS

About the Author

Born: October 8, 1833
Died: January 18, 1908
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 32

Books & Sources

Poets of AmericaRelated source material

The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence StedmanRelated source material

An American Anthology, 1787-1900: Selections Illustrating the Editor's Critical Review of American Poetry in the Nineteenth CenturyRelated source material

The Blameless Prince: And Other PoemsRelated source material

VICTORIAN POETSRelated source material

Alice of Monmouth: An Idyl of the Great War : with Other PoemsRelated source material

Poetical worksRelated source material

Victorian Poets: Revised and Extended by a Supplementary Chapter, to the Fiftieth Year of the Period Under ReviewRelated source material

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