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Much of a poet's experience takes place in imagination only; the life he tells is oftenest the life that he strongly desires to live, and the power, the purity and height of his utterance may not seldom be the greater because experience here uses the voices of desire.

George Edward Woodberry

A nation's poets are its true owners; and by the stroke of the pen they convey the title-deeds of its real possessions to strangers and aliens.

George Edward Woodberry

George Edward Woodberry

George Edward Woodberry

Born: May 12, 1855

Died: January 2, 1930 (aged 74)

Bio: George Edward Woodberry, Litt. D., LL. D. was an American literary critic and poet.

Known for:

Makers Of Literature (1900)
Studies in Letters and Life (1890)
A History of Wood-Engraving (1882)
The North Shore Watch and Other Poems (1890)

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