Famous quote by John Drinkwater

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So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the i
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"So it is in poetry. All we ask is that the mood recorded shall impress us as having been of the kind that exhausts the imaginative capacity; if it fails to do this the failure will announce itself either in prose or in insignificant verse"

- John Drinkwater

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England Flag This quote is written / told by John Drinkwater between June 1, 1882 and March 25, 1937. He/she was a famous Poet from England. The author also have 19 other quotes.

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