“And not a girl goes walking Along the Cotswold lanes But knows men's eyes in April Are quicker than their brains.” KnowsMenEyeGirlBrainWalkingKnow MeAprilLanes Book:Poems, 1908-1919 Source: Poems, 1908-1919
“Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events.” MenPoetryEventsGreatnessPoetGreat Men Book:The Lyric: An Essay Source: The Lyric: An Essay
“For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.” MenArtSubjectsVariousMoodUnstable Book:The Lyric: An Essay Source: The Lyric: An Essay
“Poetry being the sign of that which all men desire, even though the desire be unconscious, intensity of life or completeness of experience, the universality of its appeal is a matter of course.” MenMatterDesireCoursesAppealsUnconsciousPoetry IsIntensityCompletenessUniversality Book:The Lyric: An Essay Source: The Lyric: An Essay
