Poetry (like a grand personality) is a growth of many generations - many rare combinations. To have great poets, there must be great audiences too. (Walt Whitman)

Poetry (like a grand personality) is a growth of many generations - many rare combinations. To have great poets, there must be great audiences too.

Walt Whitman

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