<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345232" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Love, The Soul Of Poetry</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">WHen first Alexis did in Verse delight, <br> His Muse in Low, but Graceful Numbers walk't, <br>And now and then a little Proudly stalk't; <br> But never aim'd at any noble Flight: <br>The Herds, the Groves, the gentle purling Streams, <br>Adorn'd his Song, and were his highest Theams. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> But Love these Thoughts, like Mists, did soon disperse, <br>Enlarg'd his Fancy, and set free his Muse, <br>Biding him more Illustrious Subjects choose; <br> The Acts of Gods, and God-like Men reherse. <br>From thence new Raptures did his Breast inspire, <br>His scarce Warm-Heart converted was to Fire. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Th' exalted Poet rais'd by this new Flame, <br>With Vigor flys, where late he crept along, <br>And Acts Divine, in a Diviner Song, <br> Commits to the eternal Trompe of Fame. <br>And thus Alexis does prove Love to be, <br>As the Worlds Soul, the Soul of Poetry.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anne+Killigrew">Anne Killigrew</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=345232" data-title="Love, The Soul Of Poetry de Anne Killigrew" data-description="WHen first Alexis did in Verse delight, His Muse in Low, but Graceful Numbers walk't, And now and then a little Proudly stalk't; But never aim'd at any noble Flight: The Herds, the Groves, the gentle purling Streams, Adorn'd his Song, and w..."></div> </div> </div>

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