Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence. (Edmund Clarence Stedman)

Poetry is an art, and chief of the fine art; the easiest to dabble in, the hardest in which to reach true excellence.

Edmund Clarence Stedman

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