Showing posts with label Divine comedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Divine comedy. Show all posts

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Poetry, like Science, has an abstract …

Poetry, like Science, has an abstract root. Science produces from that root masterpieces of metal, wood, fire, or air,- machine, ship, locomotive, aerostat; Poetry causes to grow from it the masterpiece of flesh and blood, Iliad, Song of Songs, Romancero, Divine Comedy, Macbeth.

William Shakespeare by Victor Hugo