Quotes by Stephen Harold Spender about Poetry

2 quotes by Stephen Harold Spender about poetry

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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