
An argosy of fables, p. 242
about himself, Extracted from Baharīstān-e- Jami
On poetry
An argosy of fables, p. 242
about himself, Extracted from Baharīstān-e- Jami
“The highest form of selfishness is that of the man who is content to go to heaven alone.”
Vol. I, Luke VIII: 16–21, p. 257
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Luke (1858–1859)
“Poetry is a form of necessary speech.”
How to Read a Poem And Fall in Love with Poetry (1998)
Variant: Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry.
Source: A Poetry Handbook
Source: From Serfdom to Socialism (1907), p. 9
“Rural poetry is the pleasure ground of those who live in cities.”
Introduction to Palmer's translation of Virgil's Eclogues
"Poetry is Not a Luxury"
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984)