Poem (a) is a thought so passionate and alive, that, like the spirit of a plant or an animal, it has an architecture of its own, and adorns nature with a new thing. Emerson.
Poems that are great, books that are great, all of them, if you search the first foundation of their greatness, have been veridical, the truest they could get to be. Carlyle.
Poesie ist tiefes Schmerzen, / Und es kommt das echte Lied / Einzig aus dem Menschenherzen / Das ein tiefes Leid durchglüht—Poetry is deep pain, and the genuine song issues only from the human heart through which a deep sorrow glows. Justin Kerner.
Poesy is love's chosen apostle, and the very almoner of God. She is the home of the outcast, and the wealth of the needy. Lowell.
Poesy is of so subtle a spirit, that in pouring 35 out of one language into another it will evaporate. Denham.
Poeta nascitur, non fit—A poet is born, not made. L.
Poetica surgit / Tempestas—A storm is gathering in the poetic world. Juv.
Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history. Plato.
Poetry creates life. Fred. W. Robertson.
Poetry has given me the habit of wishing to 40 discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me. Coleridge.