Quotes about Poetry by Stephen Harold Spender

2 quotes about Poetry by Stephen Harold Spender

Stephen Harold Spender English poet, novelist and essayist

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to...

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

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When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.

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