1611 in Literature - Poetry

Famous quotes containing the word poetry:

“For me, poetry is always a search for order.”
—Elizabeth Jennings (b. 1926)

“As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.”
—Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

“There is nothing more poetic than the truth. He who does not see poetry in it will always be a poor versifier outside of it.”
—Multatuli [Eduard Douwer Dekker] (1820–1887)