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The difference between genuine poetry and the poetry of Dryden, Pope, and all their school, is briefly this: their poetry is conceived and composed in their wits, genuine poetry is conceived and composed in the soul.
Matthew Arnold
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Matthew Arnold
Age: 65 †
Born: 1822
Born: December 24
Died: 1888
Died: April 15
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Nature, with equal mind, Sees all her sons at play, Sees man control the wind, The wind sweep man away.
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To the Bible men will return and why? Because they cannot do without it.
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