Sentence Imposed

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    “In view of this half-sight of science, we accept the sentence of Plato, that, “poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.””
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “‘Twas Age imposed on poems
    Their gather-roses burden
    To warn against the danger
    That overtakes lovers
    From being overflooded
    With happiness should have it
    And yet not know they have it.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)