"The lines of poetry, the period of prose, and even the texts of Scripture most frequently recollected and quoted, are those which are felt to be preeminently musical."
― William Shenstone
Topic(s):
Poetry
More From William Shenstone
- "The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one."
- "Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it."
- "The best time to frame an answer to the letters of a friend, is the moment you receive them. Then the warmth of friendship, and the intelligence received, most forcibly cooperate."
More In Poetry
- "Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie."― Jean Cocteau
- "When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on."― Carl Sandburg
- "Since the printing press came into being, poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man; it has become the amusement and delight of the few."― John Masefield