Young Poet

Famous quotes containing the words young and/or poet:

“When I was young my teachers were the old.
I gave up fire for form till I was cold.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“But though Heaven made him poor, with reverence speaking,
He never was a poet of God’s making;
The midwife laid her hand on his thick skull,
With this prophetic blessing—Be thou dull;”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)