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> [God have mercy on the sinner Who must write with no dinner, No gravy and no grub, No pewter and no pub, No bellyand no bowels, Only consonants and vowels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/god-have-mercy-on-the-sinner-who-must-write-with-no-dinner-no-gravy/)

[John Crowe Ransom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-crowe-ransom/)

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## More by John Crowe Ransom

> [“Tell this to ladies: how a hero man Assail a thick and scandalous giant Who casts true shadow in the sun, And die, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/tell-this-to-ladies-how-a-hero-man-assail-a-thick-and-scandalous/)

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> [Too much is demanded by the critic, attempted by the poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/too-much-is-demanded-by-the-critic-attempted-by-the-poet/)

[John Crowe Ransom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-crowe-ransom/)

> [And yet what is Modernism? It is undefined.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/and-yet-what-is-modernism-it-is-undefined/)

[John Crowe Ransom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-crowe-ransom/)

> [Captain Carpenter rose up in his prime Put on his pistols and went riding out But had got wellnigh nowhere at that time Till…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/captain-carpenter-rose-up-in-his-prime-put-on-his-pistols-and-went/)

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> [Do not enforce the tired wolf Dragging his infected wound homeward To sit tonight with the warm children Naming the pretty kings of France.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/do-not-enforce-the-tired-wolf-dragging-his-infected-wound-homeward-to/)

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> [In all the good Greek of Plato I lack my roastbeef and potato. A better man was Aristotle, Pulling steady on the bottle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/in-all-the-good-greek-of-plato-i-lack-my-roastbeef-and-potato-a/)

[John Crowe Ransom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-crowe-ransom/)

> [God have mercy on the sinner Who must write with no dinner, No gravy and no grub, No pewter and no pub, No bellyand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/god-have-mercy-on-the-sinner-who-must-write-with-no-dinner-no-gravy/)

[John Crowe Ransom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-crowe-ransom/)

> [The image cannot be dispossessed of a primordial freshness, which idea can never claim. An idea is derivative and tamed. The imageis in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/the-image-cannot-be-dispossessed-of-a-primordial-freshness-which-idea/)

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> [It is a miracle of harmony, of the adaptation of the free inner life to the outward necessity of things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/it-is-a-miracle-of-harmony-of-the-adaptation-of-the-free-inner-life/)

[John Crowe Ransom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-crowe-ransom/)

> [And how can poetry stand up against its new conditions? Its position is perfectly precarious.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/and-how-can-poetry-stand-up-against-its-new-conditions-its-position/)

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> [I would not knock old fellows in the dust But there lay Captain Carpenter on his back His weapons were the old heart in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/i-would-not-knock-old-fellows-in-the-dust-but-there-lay-captain/)

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> [He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the result will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/he-can-develop-sense-and-style-in-the-manner-of-distinguished-modern/)

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> [Till now poets were privileged to insert a certain proportion of nonsense - very far in excess of one-half of one per cent -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/till-now-poets-were-privileged-to-insert-a-certain-proportion-of/)

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> [And if no Lethe flows beneath your casement, And when ten years have not brought full effacement, Philosophy was wrong, and you may meet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/and-if-no-lethe-flows-beneath-your-casement-and-when-ten-years-have/)

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> [“Romance Of A Youngest Daughter" Who will wed the Dowager’s youngest daughter, The Captain? filled with ale? He moored his expected boat to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-crowe-ransom/romance-of-a-youngest-daughter-who-will-wed-the-dowager-s-youngest/)

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