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.

The imagination never dies.

A critic must accept what is best in a poet, and thus become his best encourager.

Men are egotists, and not all tolerant of one man's selfhood; they do not always deem the amities elective.

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