poetic reverence Quotes

they believe in Christ and Longfellow, both dead

In my godless household, poems were the closest we came to sacred speech -- the only prayers said.

All men owe honor to the poets - honor and awe; for they are dearest to the Muse who puts upon their lips the ways of life.

I own that I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner. I want a form for setting out upon a pleasant walk, for a moonlight ramble, for a friendly meeting, or a solved problem. Why have we none for books, these spiritual repasts-a grace before Milton-a grace before Shakespeare-a devotional exercise proper to be said before reading The Fairie Queene?

An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy.

The poet who does not revere his art, and believe in its sovereignty, is not born to wear the purple.

The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.

It is difficult to restrain admirers of Shakespeare once they have begun to speak of him.