Translated Poetry

Famous quotes containing the words translated and/or poetry:

    God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
    John Donne (c. 1572–1631)

    No good poetry is ever written in a manner twenty years old, for to write in such a manner shows conclusively that the writer thinks from books, convention and cliché, not from real life.
    Ezra Pound (1885–1972)