"Even when poetry has a meaning, as it……" — A. E. Housman
"Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out . . .. Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure."
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84 Quotes by A. E. Housman
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- I, a stranger and afraid, in a world I never made.
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- Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies, But keep your fancy…
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- Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure. — A. E. Housman