Young Poet

Famous quotes containing the words young poet, young and/or poet:

    “Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.”
    —Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    “I saw young Harry with his beaver on,
    His cuisses on his thighs, gallantly armed,
    Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury,
    And vaulted with such ease into his seat
    As if an angel dropped down from the clouds
    To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus,
    And witch the world with noble horsemanship.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.”
    —Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940)