"“The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.”"
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Poet Knows That He Speaks Adequately Then Only
“The poet knows that he speaks adequately, then, only when he speaks somewhat wildly.”
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