Henry David Thoreau Poet Quotations

Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.

The poet is blithe and cheery ever, and as well as nature.

We are all of us Apollos serving some Admetus.

As long as there is satire, the poet is, as it were, particeps criminis.

Every poet has trembled on the verge of science.

Every man will be a poet if he can; otherwise a philosopher or man of science. This proves the superiority of the poet.

The works of great poets have never been read by mankind, for only great poets can read them.

Why should not a poet's cat be winged as well as his horse?