Certain Quote by William Shenstone Download Open image “There is a certain flimsiness of poetry which seems expedient in a song.” — William Shenstone ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Certain Poetry Seems Song
There's a fierce practicality and empiricism which the whole imaginative, lyrical aspect of poetry comes from. — David Whyte Copy Share Image
The sense of flowing, which is so crucial to song, is also crucial to poetry. — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Poetry is a comforting piece of fiction set to more or less lascivious music. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“Poetry may appear to be just words, but it is an extension of our lives. It is the music of life and for us… — Abdul Milazi Copy Share Image
People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are. — Tinie Tempah Copy Share Image
Poetry is prose bewitched, a music made of visual thoughts, the sound of an idea. — Mina Loy Copy Share Image
When self-interest inclines a man to print, he should consider that the purchaser expects a pennyworth for his penny, and has reason to asperse… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Fashion is a great restraint upon your persons of taste and fancy; who would otherwise in the most trifling instances be able to distinguish… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
My banks they are furnish'd with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
His knowledge of books had in some degree diminished his knowledge of the world. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Patience is the panacea; but where does it grow, or who can swallow it? — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of… — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Long sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
Persons who discover a flatterer, do not always disapprove him, because he imagines them considerable enough to deserve his applications. — William Shenstone Copy Share Image
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