A lyric, it is true, is the expression of personal emotion, but then so is all poetry, and to suppose that there are several kinds of poetry, differing from each other in essence, is to be deceived by wholly artificial divisions which have no real being.
John DrinkwaterAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: english
- Born: June 1, 1882
- Died: March 25, 1937
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