The great instrument of moral good is the imagination; and poetry administers to the effect by acting on the cause.


A Defence of Poetry (written 1821)


The great instrument of moral good is the imagination; and poetry administers to the effect by acting on the cause.

The great instrument of moral good is the imagination; and poetry administers to the effect by acting on the cause.

The great instrument of moral good is the imagination; and poetry administers to the effect by acting on the cause.

The great instrument of moral good is the imagination; and poetry administers to the effect by acting on the cause.