Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

Science has but one fashion-to lose nothing once gained.

A poet must sing for his own people.

The poet is a creator, not an iconoclast, and never will tamely endeavor to say in prose what can only be expressed in song.

Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.

Alas, by what rude fate Our lives, like ships at sea, an instant meet, Then part forever on their courses fleet.