Poetry has been to me something more than amusement, it has been a cheering companion when I had no other to fly to, a delightful solace. (Henry Kirke White)

Poetry has been to me something more than amusement, it has been a cheering companion when I had no other to fly to, a delightful solace.

Henry Kirke White

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