Imperial Poetry Anthologies

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    —Miguel De Cervantes (1547–1616)

    “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.”
    —William Wordsworth (1770–1850)

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