“Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.”
— William C. Bryant
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“A sculptor wields The chisel, and the stricken marble grows To beauty.”
— William C. Bryant
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Category: beauty
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“Eloquence is the poetry of prose.”
— William C. Bryant
Author: William C. Bryant
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“Weep not that the world changes – did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep.”
— William C. Bryant
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Category: change
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“Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness – a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster – children into strength and athletic proportion.”
— William C. Bryant
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Category: strength
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“Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.”
— William C. Bryant
Author: William C. Bryant
Category: poetry
Tags: poetry, William C. Bryant