Poetry ennobles the heart and the eyes, and unveils the meaning of all things upon which the heart and the eyes dwell. It discovers the secret rays of the universe, and restores to us forgotten paradises.
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Rhythm is one of the principal translators between dream and reality. Rhythm might be described as, to the world of sound, what light is to the world of sight. It shapes and gives new meaning. Rhythm was described by Schopenhauer as melody deprived of its pitch.Dame Edith Sitwell
Remember only this of our hopeless love That never till Time is done Will the fire of the heart and the fire of the mind be one.
Dame Edith Sitwell
My poems are hymns of praise to the glory of life.
Dame Edith Sitwell
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