I know that I am mortal by nature and ephemeral, but when I trace at my pleasure the windings to and fro of the heavenly bodies, I no longer touch earth with my feet. I stand in the presence of Zeus himself and take my fill of ambrosia.
Randall Jarrell
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"I think that one possible definition of our modern culture is that it is
one in which nine-tenths of our intellectuals can't read any poetry."
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