“The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them.” LongPoetryFeltPoetPagesCreatorProportionProseVersesStamps Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“A long poem is a test of invention which I take to be the Polar star of poetry, as fancy is the sails, and imagination the rudder.” LongPoetryStarsImaginationTestsInventionFancySailRudders Author:John Keats