It is commonly asserted and accepted that Paradise Lost is among the two or three greatest English poems; it may justly be taken as the type of supreme poetic achievement in our literature.
John DrinkwaterPoetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way.
John DrinkwaterWe recognise in the finished art, which is the result of these conditions, the best words in the best order - poetry; and to put this essential poetry into different classes is impossible.
John Drinkwater