A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The great poet is a great artist. He is painter and sculptor. The greatest pictures and statues have been painted and chiseled with words. They outlast all others.
Great men are rare, poets are rarer, but the great man who is a poet, transfiguring his greatness, is the rarest of all events.
Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
I am a patriot, but I must say that English poetry is the richest in the world.
All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet.
To be a great painter means to be a great poet: someone who transcends the limits of his language.
Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, And tell them; and the truth of truths is love.
No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.
The great poets have sympathized with the people. They have uttered in all ages the human cry. Unbought by gold, unawed by power, they have lifted high the torch that illuminates the world.