“He that would earn the Poet's sacred name, Must write for future as for present ages.”
Source: Poems
Poetry Quotes
Browse 12091 quotes about Poetry.
Related topics
Poetry Quotes
“My verses are my diary. My poetry is a poetry of proper names.”
Source: Who Is Ozymandias?: And other Puzzles in Poetry
Source: 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
Source: Heroic idyls, with additional poems
Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“A poet's job is to find a name for everything: to be a fearless finder of the names of things.”