Famous quotes containing the words english and/or poets:
“The English Bible—a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)
“He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)