Quotes by Drew, Elizabeth

The test of literature is, I suppose, whether we ourselves live more i >>

We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by >>

How frail and ephemeral is the material substance of letters, which ma >>

Quotations about Poetry and Poets

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. >>

Poetry is what Milton saw when he went blind. >>

Poetry doesn't belong to those who write it, but to those who need it >>

We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of unlooked-for release and peace. They have known and watched in themselves and others.

Drew, Elizabeth