Walter Chief

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    The sun may set and rise:
    But we contrariwise
    Sleep after our short light
    One everlasting night.
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy:Min the force of imagination that pierces or exalts the solid fact, instead of floating among cloud-pictures.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)