Samuel Butler (poet) Quote

And poets by their sufferings grow;
As if there were no more to do,
To make a poet excellent,
But only want and discontent.


"Miscellaneous Thoughts" in The Poems of Samuel Butler, Volume 2, Press of C. Whittingham, 1822, p. 269


And poets by their sufferings grow; As if there were no more to do, To make a poet excellent, But only want and discontent.

And poets by their sufferings grow; As if there were no more to do, To make a poet excellent, But only want and discontent.

And poets by their sufferings grow; As if there were no more to do, To make a poet excellent, But only want and discontent.

And poets by their sufferings grow; As if there were no more to do, To make a poet excellent, But only want and discontent.