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“Secret Instructions for Reaching Xanadu: Go eastward from the Bewildered-Dragon Lake Until you see the Monastery of the West Tower straight and high above your head. Then take Those charms which, as I told you, in the breast Of your most inner robe you have hidden, and follow Their clear instruction.”

Quote by Arthur Davison Ficke

Book:Selected Poems: With a Preface on the Nature of Poetry

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Selected Poems: With a Preface on the Nature of Poetry

This book is a compilation of selected poems, accompanied by an introductory section that delves into the fundamental aspects of poetry. more

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Arthur Davison Ficke

Arthur Davison Ficke (1883-1945) was an American poet, lawyer, and educator renowned for his elegant sonnets. Born in Davenport, Iowa, he graduated from Harvard University and earned a law degree from Yale University. His 1914 collection "Sonnets of a Portrait-Painter" brought him widespread fame. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army in France. After the war, he taught at Harvard and later at Stanford University. Ficke died on November 30, 1945, in Connecticut, at age 62. more

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