First thought is best in Art, second in other matters.
Wisdom is sold in a desolate marketplace where none can come to buy.
One Power alone makes a Poet: Imagination. The Divine Vision.
How can a bird that is born for joy Sit in a cage and sing?
To Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love All pray in their distress, And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness.
Does a firm persuasion that a thing is so, make it so?" He replied, "All poets believe it does. And in ages of imagination, this firm persuasion removes mountains; but many are not capable of firm persuasion of anything.