Famous quotes containing the words english and/or poets:
“The French courage proceeds from vanitythe German from phlegmthe Turkish from fanaticism & opiumthe Spanish from pridethe English from coolnessthe Dutch from obstinacythe Russian from insensibilitybut the Italian from anger.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (17881824)
“nor till the poets among us can be literalists of the imaginationMabove insolence and triviality and can present
for inspection, imaginary gardens with real toads in them, shall we have
it.”
—Marianne Moore (18871972)