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title: "3 Poet Comes Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Poet Comes quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Poet Comes sayings and thoughts."
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> [When I came back to New York, it was such a joke because I was always referred to as the pure young…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-carroll/when-i-came-back-to-new-york-it-was-such-a-joke-because-i-was-always/)

[Jim Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-carroll/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e8/jim-carroll-15270_joke_when-i-came-back-to-new-york-it-was-such_795940.png)

> [When Nature gives a gorgeous rose, Or yields the simplest fern, She writes this motto on the leaves, "To whom it may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-godfrey-saxe/when-nature-gives-a-gorgeous-rose-or-yields-the-simplest-fern-she/)

[John Godfrey Saxe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-godfrey-saxe/)

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> [The poet is a man who lives at last by watching his moods. An old poet comes at last to watch his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-poet-is-a-man-who-lives-at-last-by-watching-his-moods-an-old-poet/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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