The poet's first rule must be never to bore his readers; and his best way of keeping this rule is never to bore himself-which, of course, means to write only when he has something urgent to say.


Food for Centaurs: Stories, Talks, Critical Studies, Poems (ed. 1960)


The poet's first rule must be never to bore his readers; and his best way of keeping this rule is never to bore himself-which, of course, means to...

The poet's first rule must be never to bore his readers; and his best way of keeping this rule is never to bore himself-which, of course, means to...

The poet's first rule must be never to bore his readers; and his best way of keeping this rule is never to bore himself-which, of course, means to...

The poet's first rule must be never to bore his readers; and his best way of keeping this rule is never to bore himself-which, of course, means to...