Augustine Birrell Quote

A poet's soul must contain the perfect shape of all things good, wise and just. His body must be spotless and without blemish, his life pure, his thoughts high, his studies intense.


Obiter Dicta, Second Series (ed. 1887)


A poet's soul must contain the perfect shape of all things good, wise and just. His body must be spotless and without blemish, his life pure, his...

A poet's soul must contain the perfect shape of all things good, wise and just. His body must be spotless and without blemish, his life pure, his...

A poet's soul must contain the perfect shape of all things good, wise and just. His body must be spotless and without blemish, his life pure, his...

A poet's soul must contain the perfect shape of all things good, wise and just. His body must be spotless and without blemish, his life pure, his...