Quote#Poetry
Most joyful let the Poet be
Quote byWilliam Ellery Channing · 1818–1901
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Poet of the old and new Times", reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919) p. 725.
English (original)
Most joyful let the Poet be; It is through him that all men see.
— William Ellery Channing
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