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> [And one rose in a tent of sea and gave A darkening shudder; water fell away; The whale stood shining, and then sank in spray.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/and-one-rose-in-a-tent-of-sea-and-gave-a-darkening-shudder-water-fell/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

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## More by Yvor Winters

> [Even though poetry was written for the 'minds ear' as well as the physical ear, the minds ear can be trained only by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/even-though-poetry-was-written-for-the-minds-ear-as-well-as-the/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [The land is numb. It stands beneath the feet, and one may come Walking securely, till the sea extends Its limber margin, and precision…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/the-land-is-numb-it-stands-beneath-the-feet-and-one-may-come-walking/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [By practice and conviction formed, With ancient stubbornness ingrained, Although her body clung and swarmed, My own identity remained.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/by-practice-and-conviction-formed-with-ancient-stubbornness-ingrained/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [Far out of sight forever stands the sea, Bounding the land with pale tranquillity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/far-out-of-sight-forever-stands-the-sea-bounding-the-land-with-pale/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [“And when I found your flesh did not resist, It was the living spirit that I kissed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/and-when-i-found-your-flesh-did-not-resist-it-was-the-living-spirit/)

[YVOR WINTERS](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [The poet's first job of work is to put bread on the table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/the-poet-s-first-job-of-work-is-to-put-bread-on-the-table/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [And one rose in a tent of sea and gave A darkening shudder; water fell away; The whale stood shining, and then sank in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/and-one-rose-in-a-tent-of-sea-and-gave-a-darkening-shudder-water-fell/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [Professors of literature, who for the most part are genteel but mediocre men, can make but a poor defense of their profession, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/professors-of-literature-who-for-the-most-part-are-genteel-but/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [Gascoigne, Ben Jonson, Greville, Raleigh, Donne, Poets who wrote great poems, one by one, And spaced by many years, each line an act Through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/gascoigne-ben-jonson-greville-raleigh-donne-poets-who-wrote-great/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [The rain of matter upon sense Destroys me momently. The score: There comes what will come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/the-rain-of-matter-upon-sense-destroys-me-momently-the-score-there/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [The passion to condense from book to book Unbroken wisdom in a single look, Though we know well that when this fix the head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/the-passion-to-condense-from-book-to-book-unbroken-wisdom-in-a-single/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [“To say that a poet is justified in employing a disintegrating form in order to express a feeling of disintegration, is merely a sophistical…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/to-say-that-a-poet-is-justified-in-employing-a-disintegrating-form-in/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [Far out of sight forever standsthe sea, Bounding the land with pale tranquillity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/far-out-of-sight-forever-standsthe-sea-bounding-the-land-with-pale/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [Reptilian green the wrinkled throat, Green as a bough of yew the beard; He bent his head, and so I smote](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/reptilian-green-the-wrinkled-throat-green-as-a-bough-of-yew-the-beard/)

[Yvor Winters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yvor-winters/)

> [What I desire of a poem is a clear understanding of motive, and a just evaluation of feeling A poem in the first place…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yvor-winters/what-i-desire-of-a-poem-is-a-clear-understanding-of-motive-and-a-just/)

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