Louis Untermeyer citations

“To reveal man in relation to the universe the poet must show himself not only concerned with the immensities but with the trivialities of daily life, with a sense of the past continually interupting the present.”

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Louis Untermeyer

Modern American Poetry 1950

“The poet's dilemma.. to create order in the midst of disorder”

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Louis Untermeyer

Modern American Poetry 1950

“All poetry is the reproduction of the tones of speech”

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Louis Untermeyer

Modern American Poetry 1950

“It takes a heap o’ children to make a home that’s true,
And home can be a palace grand, or just a plain, old shoe;
But if it has a mother dear, and a good old dad or two,
Why, that’s the sort of good old home for good old me and you.”

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Louis Untermeyer

Mother Goose Up-to-date
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“Laughter shall drown the raucous shout;
And, though these shelt’ring walls are thin,
May they be strong to keep hate out
And hold love in.”

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Louis Untermeyer

Poem, Prayer for This House
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