Augustus William Hare Quote

There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower-garden and of a perfumer's shop.


Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed (ed. 1861)


There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower-garden and of a perfumer's shop.

There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower-garden and of a perfumer's shop.

There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower-garden and of a perfumer's shop.

There is as much difference between good poetry and fine verses, as between the smell of a flower-garden and of a perfumer's shop.