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

Samuel Butler Quotes

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.