“A poet is a nightingale who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.”
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“I have good reason to be content,
for thank God I can read and
perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths.”
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for thank God I can read and
perhaps understand Shakespeare to his depths.”
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“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”
― A Thousand Splendid Suns
“Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.”
― The Complete Poems
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.”
― The Complete Poems
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