And we do want poetry for its beauty […] Yes, only for its … - Jean Ingelow

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And we do want poetry for its beauty […] Yes, only for its beauty; for its moral power over us—its teaching, comforting, and elevating power all depend on its beauty.

Jean Ingelow

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Jean Ingelow (March 17, 1820 – July 20, 1897) was an English poet and novelist.

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Alternative Names: Orris

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Man is the miracle in nature. God
Is the One Miracle to man. Behold,
"There is a God," thou sayest. Thou sayest well:
In that thou sayest all. To Be is more
Of wonderful, than being, to have wrought,
Or reigned, or rested.

(A Scholar is musing on his want of success.) To strive — and fail. Yes, I did strive and fail;
I set mine eyes upon a certain night
To find a certain star

A man's world, but woman bides her time.

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