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Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Poetry is an art, and
The poet is a creator, not an iconoclast, and never will tamely endeavor to say in prose what can only be expressed in song.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: The poet is a creator,
A critic must accept what is best in a poet, and thus become his best encourager.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: A critic must accept what
Genius does not need a special language; it uses newly whatever tongue it finds.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Genius does not need a
Progress comes by experiment, and this from ennui that leads to voyages, wars, revolutions, and plainly to change in the arts of expression; that cries out to the imagination, and is the nurse of the invention whereof we term necessity the mother.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Progress comes by experiment, and
But every human path leads on to God;
He holds a myriad finer threads than gold,
And strong as holy wishes, drawing us
With delicate tension upward to Himself.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: But every human path leads
Alas, by what rude fate Our lives, like ships at sea, an instant meet, Then part forever on their courses fleet.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Alas, by what rude fate
The weary August days are long;
The locusts sing a plaintive song,
The cattle miss their master's call
When they see the sunset shadows fall.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: The weary August days are
Natural emotion is the soul of poetry, as melody is of music; the same faults are engendered by over-study of either art; there is a lack of sincerity, of irresistible impulse in both the poet and the, composer.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Natural emotion is the soul
The imagination never dies.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: The imagination never dies.
Give us a man of God's own mould
Born to marshall his fellow-men;
One whose fame is not bought and sold
At the stroke of a politician's pen.
Give us the man of thousands ten,
Fit to do as well as to plan;
Give us a rallying-cry, and then
Abraham Lincoln, give us a Man.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Give us a man of
The critic's first labor is the task of distinguishing between men, as history and their works display them, and the ideals which one and another have conspired to urge upon his acceptance.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: The critic's first labor is
Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Faith and joy are the
A poet must sing for his own people.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: A poet must sing for
Worth, courage, honor, these indeed
Your sustenance and birthright are.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Worth, courage, honor, these indeed<br>Your
Yes, there's a luck in most things; and in none more than being born at the right time.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Yes, there's a luck in
O fresh-lit dawn! immortal life!
O Earth's betrothal, sweet and true!
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: O fresh-lit dawn! immortal life!<br>O
The poet who does not revere his art, and believe in its sovereignty, is not born to wear the purple.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: The poet who does not
Fashion is a potency in art, making it hard to judge between the temporary and the lasting.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Fashion is a potency in
Men are egotists, and not all tolerant of one man's selfhood; they do not always deem the amities elective.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Men are egotists, and not
Look on this cast, and know the hand That bore a nation in its hold; From this mute witness understand What Lincoln was - how large of mould.
Edmund Clarence Stedman Quotes: Look on this cast, and
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