Nine-tenths of English poetic literature is the result either of vulgar careerism or of a poet trying to keep his hand in. Most poets are dead by their late twenties.
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When the days of rejoicing are over, When the flags are stowed safely away, They will dream of another wild 'War to End Wars'And another wild Armistice day.
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I have but to wish, and that is enough.
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Ever in vain will courage plot
The dragon's death, in coat of proof;
Or love abjure the mermaid grot;
Or faith denounce the cloven hoof.
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