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> [Not a softness anywhere about me, Only whalebone and brocade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/not-a-softness-anywhere-about-me-only-whalebone-and-brocade/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

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## More by Amy Lowell

> [Happiness, to some, is elation; to others it is mere stagnation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/happiness-to-some-is-elation-to-others-it-is-mere-stagnation/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. Youth condemns; maturity condones.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/on-the-neck-of-the-young-man-sparkles-no-gem-so-gracious-as/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [Sexual love is the most stupendous fact of the universe, and the most magical mystery our poor blind senses know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/sexual-love-is-the-most-stupendous-fact-of-the-universe-and-the-most/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [I do not suppose that anyone not a poet can realize the agony of creating a poem. Every nerve, even every muscle, seems strained…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/i-do-not-suppose-that-anyone-not-a-poet-can-realize-the-agony-of/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [I shall go Up and down In my gown. Gorgeously arrayed, Boned and stayed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/i-shall-go-up-and-down-in-my-gown-gorgeously-arrayed-boned-and-stayed/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [Underneath my stiffened gown Is the softness of a woman bathing in a marble basin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/underneath-my-stiffened-gown-is-the-softness-of-a-woman-bathing-in-a/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [Poetry is the most concentrated form of literature; it is the most emotionalized and powerful way in which thought can be presented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/poetry-is-the-most-concentrated-form-of-literature-it-is-the-most/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [How loud clocks can tick when a room is empty, and one is alone!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/how-loud-clocks-can-tick-when-a-room-is-empty-and-one-is-alone/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [Only those of our poets who kept solidly to the Shakespearean tradition achieved any measure of success. But Keats was the last great exponent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/only-those-of-our-poets-who-kept-solidly-to-the-shakespearean/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [“Christ! What are patterns for?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/christ-what-are-patterns-for/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [Poets are always the advance guard of literature; the advance guard of life. It is for this reason that their recognition comes so slowly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/poets-are-always-the-advance-guard-of-literature-the-advance-guard-of/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [Witches are moon-birds, Witches are the women of the false, beautiful moon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/witches-are-moon-birds-witches-are-the-women-of-the-false-beautiful/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [I should like to bring a case to trial: Prosperity versus Beauty, Cash registers teetering in a balance against the comfort of the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/i-should-like-to-bring-a-case-to-trial-prosperity-versus-beauty-cash/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [Not a softness anywhere about me, Only whalebone and brocade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/not-a-softness-anywhere-about-me-only-whalebone-and-brocade/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

> [Youth condemns; maturity condones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-lowell/youth-condemns-maturity-condones/)

[Amy Lowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-lowell/)

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