Sidney Lanier Quotes

I Have Frequently Noticed In Myself A Tendency To A Diffuse Style; A Disposition To Push My Metaphors Too Far, Employing A Multitude Of Words To Heighten The Patness Of The Image, And So Making Of It A Conceit Rather Than A Metaphor, A Fault Copiously Illustrated In The Poetry Of Cowley, Waller, Donne, And Others Of That Ilk.

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