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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is prose - words in their best order poetry - the best words in their best order. - Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry that is prose – words in their best order poetry – the best words in their best order.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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