The true poem is not that which the public read. There is always a poem not printed on paper,... in the poet's life. It is what hehas become through his work. Not how is the idea expressed in stone, or on canvas or paper, is the question, but how far it has obtained form and expression in the life of the artist. His true work will not stand in any prince's gallery.


A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers (ed. 1873)

Henry David Thoreau Quotes

The true poem is not that which the public read. There is always a poem not printed on paper,... in the poet's life. It is what hehas become through...

The true poem is not that which the public read. There is always a poem not printed on paper,... in the poet's life. It is what hehas become through...

The true poem is not that which the public read. There is always a poem not printed on paper,... in the poet's life. It is what hehas become through...

The true poem is not that which the public read. There is always a poem not printed on paper,... in the poet's life. It is what hehas become through...