EASY OR IMPOSSIBLE.
A remark imputed to Victor Hugo in reply to a young man, who asked him if it was difficult to write poety, is both witty and true, but it is more witty than true. • My dear sir.’ the poet is said to have replied, ‘ it is either easy or impossible.’ But it is not always easy for true poets to write poetry. Homer nodded occasionally, and some other great poets have put forth most prosy poetry.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XI, 31 August 1895, Page 277
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79EASY OR IMPOSSIBLE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XV, Issue XI, 31 August 1895, Page 277
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