“The Life of Johnson is assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets. Shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, Demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than Boswell is the first of biographers. He has no second.” LifeFirstsWorkPoetHeroicGreat WorkJohnsonOratorsBiographers Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“The fortitude of a Christian consists in patience, not in enterprises which the poets call heroic, and which are commonly the effects of interest, pride and worldly honor.” ChristianInterestEffectsPoetPrideHonorEnterpriseHeroicWorldlyFortitude Author:John Dryden
“You know that the nucleus of a time is not The poet but the poem, the growth of the mind Of the world, the heroic effort to live expressed As victory. The poet does not speak in ruins Nor stand there making orotund consolations. He shares the confusions of intelligence.” KnowsWorldMindDoePoetrySpeakGrowthEffortSharePoetVictoryConfusionRuinsHeroicConsolationNucleus Book:The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens Source: The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
“Delicate, gracious, and eloquent, John Brandi's poems reveal that he remains an extraordinary profound poet of prayer and praise. His is the most honorable and heroic of ambitions - to dress our broken world in the clothes of language, trust, and hope.” WorldLanguagePrayerPoetBrokenAmbitionClothesPraiseDressesRemainsProfoundExtraordinaryHeroicDelicateHonorableGraciousEloquentBroken World Author:David St. John