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.


The Torch (ed. 1905)

George Edward Woodberry Quotes

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,...

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,...

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,...

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,...