"The poet is usually the best reporter, for he is an observer not merely accurate but imaginative, self trained to see subtle suggestions, relations and similarities."
Christopher Morley introduction to Niagara Falls essay by Rupert Brooke in Modern Essays
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Quote of the Post
"And one who has never gone into the abyss of his own nature and come back with an emblem of shame and glory-- that is, a true work of art-- to show the world, need not envy the artist his role."
R.V. Cassil That Blue-Eyed Darling Nathaniel essay, in Horizon, summer 1966
R.V. Cassil That Blue-Eyed Darling Nathaniel essay, in Horizon, summer 1966
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