Arts & Sciences
On the Morals of Poets
From English Poems (1895)
Arts & Sciences
One says he is immoral, and points out
Warm sin in ruddy specks upon his soul:
Bigot, one folly of the man you flout
Is more to God than thy lean life is whole.
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Gallienne, Richard Le. “On the Morals of Poets.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/66/.
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Gallienne, Richard Le. “On the Morals of Poets.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/legallienne/66/.
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