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Poetry Being The Sign Of That Which All Men Desire, Even Though The Desire Be Unconscious, Intensity Of Life Or Completeness Of Experience, The Universality Of Its Appeal Is A Matter Of Course.

Great Men Are Rare, Poets Are Rarer, But The Great Man Who Is A Poet, Transfiguring His Greatness, Is The Rarest Of All Events.

To Take An Analogy: If We Say That A Democratic Government Is The Best Kind Of Government, We Mean That It Most Completely Fulfills The Highest Function Of A Government - The Realisation Of The Will Of The People.

Poetry Is The Communication Through Words Of Certain Experiences That Can Be Communicated In No Other Way.

And Not A Girl Goes Walking Along The Cotswold Lanes But Knows Men's Eyes In April Are Quicker Than Their Brains.