The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism

by T. S. Eliot

The Sacred Wood

“Intravit pinacothecam senex canus, exercitati vultus et qui videretur nescio quid magnum promittere, sed cultu non proinde speciosus, et facile appareret eum ex hac nota litteratum esse, quos odisse divites solent ... 'ego’ inquit 'poeta sum et ut spero, non humillimi spiritus, si modo coronis aliquid credendum est, quas etiam ad immeritos deferre gratia solet.’”—Petronius.

“I also like to dine on becaficas.”

The Sacred Wood

Essays On Poetry And Criticism

By

T. S. Eliot

Methuen & Co. Ltd.

36 Essex Street W.C.

London

1920

For

H. W. E.

“Tacuit Et Fecit”

Certain of these essays appeared, in the same or a more primitive form, in The Times Literary Supplement, The Athenæum, Art and Letters, and The Egoist. The author desires to express his obligation to the editors of these periodicals.