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The wind is rising on the sea,
The windy white foam-dancers leap;
And the sea moans uneasily,
And turns to sleep, and cannot sleep.

Arthur Symons

Vaguely conscious of that great suspense in which we live, we find our escape from its sterile, annihilating reality in many dreams, in religion, passion, art.

Arthur Symons

They pass upon their old, tremulous feet,
Creeping with little satchels down the street,
And they remember, many years ago,
Passing that way in silks. They wander, slow
And solitary, through the city ways,
And they alone remember those old days
Men have forgotten.

Arthur Symons

He knew that the whole mystery of beauty can never be comprehended by the crowd, and that while clearness is a virtue of style, perfect explicitness is not a necessary virtue.

Arthur Symons

All art is a form of artifice. For in art there can be no prejudices.

Arthur Symons

Arthur Symons

Arthur Symons

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Born: February 28, 1865

Died: January 22, 1945 (aged 79)

Bio: Arthur William Symons was a British poet, critic and magazine editor.

Known for:

The Symbolist Movement in Literature
Introduction to the Study of Browning (1886)
Spiritual Adventures (1905)
Figures of Several Centuries (1898)
Images of good and evil (1899)

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