"Weep not that the world changes - did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were cause indeed to weep."
-William C. Bryant
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"Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully.“
-William C. Bryant
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