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Verse Quotes

They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge Picture Quote #1

The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them Picture Quote #1

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone Picture Quote #1

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me Picture Quote #1

France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic Picture Quote #1

Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, and drawl out measured prose, which they call verse Picture Quote #1

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All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first Picture Quote #1

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo Picture Quote #1

The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse Picture Quote #1

Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth and delves the parallels in beauty's brow, feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, and nothing stands but for his scythe to mow: and yet to times in hope my verse shall stand, praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand Picture Quote #1

I can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it's not any good and then, and only then, can I discard it Picture Quote #1

Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, but they are not the life for which they stand Picture Quote #1

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Lend me your song, ye nightingales! O, pour the mazy running soul of melody into my varied verse Picture Quote #1

We such clusters had as made us nobly wild, not mad; and yet each verse of thine outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine Picture Quote #1

The verse adorn again fierce war, and faithful love, and truth severe, by fairy fiction drest Picture Quote #1

Every pert young fellow that has a moving fancy, and the least jingle of verse in his head, sets up for a writer of songs, and resolves to immortalize his bottle or his mistress Picture Quote #1

People who like to display complicated technique in their verse are more given to pride themselves on their work than are those who write for their own solace Picture Quote #1

I’ve written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs Picture Quote #1

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I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early Picture Quote #1

If a poem is not memorable, there’s probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable Picture Quote #1

So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse Picture Quote #1

I am not at all clear what free verse is anymore. That’s one of the things you learn not to know Picture Quote #1

I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don’t know how to play the songs without also singing. I forget how they progress. I don’t think that any of them are verse, chorus, verse, and so on. They are not simple Picture Quote #1

I’ve read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free Picture Quote #1

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No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square Picture Quote #1

Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse Picture Quote #1

The basic line in any good verse is cadenced... building it around the natural breath structures of speech Picture Quote #1

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet’s abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage Picture Quote #1

Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel Picture Quote #1

You even called me stupid in your verse, and I’m almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend Picture Quote #1

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They have written volumes out of which a couplet of verse, a period in prose, may cling to the rock of ages, as a shell that survives a deluge (Verse Quotes) The poet in prose or verse - the creator - can only stamp his images forcibly on the page in proportion as he has forcibly felt, ardently nursed, and long brooded over them (Verse Quotes) If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone (Verse Quotes) I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse and searching endlessly for someone wonderful who would step out of the darkness and change my life. It never crossed my mind that that person could be me (Verse Quotes) France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic (Verse Quotes) Who all in raptures their own works rehearse, and drawl out measured prose, which they call verse (Verse Quotes) All the modern verse plays, they're terrible; they're mostly about the poetry. It's more important that the play is first (Verse Quotes) Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo (Verse Quotes) The decision to write in prose instead of poetry is made more by the readers than by writers. Almost no one is interested in reading narrative in verse (Verse Quotes) Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth and delves the parallels in beauty's brow, feeds on the rarities of nature's truth, and nothing stands but for his scythe to mow: and yet to times in hope my verse shall stand, praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand (Verse Quotes) I can work on a verse for a very long time before realising it's not any good and then, and only then, can I discard it (Verse Quotes) Statues and pictures and verse may be grand, but they are not the life for which they stand (Verse Quotes) Lend me your song, ye nightingales! O, pour the mazy running soul of melody into my varied verse (Verse Quotes) We such clusters had as made us nobly wild, not mad; and yet each verse of thine outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine (Verse Quotes) The verse adorn again fierce war, and faithful love, and truth severe, by fairy fiction drest (Verse Quotes) Every pert young fellow that has a moving fancy, and the least jingle of verse in his head, sets up for a writer of songs, and resolves to immortalize his bottle or his mistress (Verse Quotes) People who like to display complicated technique in their verse are more given to pride themselves on their work than are those who write for their own solace (Verse Quotes) I’ve written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs (Verse Quotes) I never abandoned either forms or freedom. I imagine that most of what could be called free verse is in my first book. I got through that fairly early (Verse Quotes) If a poem is not memorable, there’s probably something wrong. One of the problems of free verse is that much of the free verse poetry is not memorable (Verse Quotes) So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse (Verse Quotes) I am not at all clear what free verse is anymore. That’s one of the things you learn not to know (Verse Quotes) I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don’t know how to play the songs without also singing. I forget how they progress. I don’t think that any of them are verse, chorus, verse, and so on. They are not simple (Verse Quotes) I’ve read some of your modern free verse and wonder who set it free (Verse Quotes) No more pronouncements on lousy verse. No more hidden competition. No more struggling not to be a square (Verse Quotes) Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse (Verse Quotes) The basic line in any good verse is cadenced... building it around the natural breath structures of speech (Verse Quotes) Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet’s abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage (Verse Quotes) Yes, the work comes out more beautiful from a material that resists the process, verse, marble, onyx, or enamel (Verse Quotes) You even called me stupid in your verse, and I’m almost agreeing, for where stupidity is involved, you are quite an expert, friend (Verse Quotes)

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