For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts. (John Drinkwater)

For while the subjects of poetry are few and recurrent, the moods of man are infinitely various and unstable. It is the same in all arts.

John Drinkwater

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