Poets

Famous quotes containing the word poets:

“God, who gave to him the lyre,
Of all mortals the desire,
For all breathing men’s behoof,
Straitly charged him, “Sit aloof;”
Annexed a warning, poets say,
To the bright premium,—
Ever, when twain together play,
Shall the harp be dumb.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

“Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)

“Can you remember? when we thought
the poets taught how to live?”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)