Famous quotes containing the words english and/or poets:
“The English winter—ending in July,
To recommence in August.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“We have been able to have fine poetry in England because the public do not read it, and consequently do not influence it. The public like to insult poets because they are individual, but once they have insulted them, they leave them alone.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)