The Lyric: An Essay
John Drinkwater · English
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The Lyric: An Essay
John Drinkwater · English
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WHAT IS POETRY? If you were to ask twenty intelligent people, "What is the Thames?" the answer due to you from each would be—"a river." And yet this would hardly be matter to satisfy your enquiring mind. You would more probably say, "What do you know of the Thames?" or, "Describe the Thames to me." This would bring you a great variety of opinions, many dissertations on geological and national history, many words in praise of beauty,
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