Thomas Carlyle Quotes about Poetry

Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious.
Thomas Carlyle (1857). “Critical & Miscellaneous Essays: Collected & Republished”, p.315
There is no heroic poem in the world but is at bottom a biography, the life of a man.
Critical and Miscellaneous Essays "Sir Walter Scott" (1838)
Thomas Carlyle (2014). “The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.147, Lulu.com
Thomas Carlyle (1864). “Sartor Resartus”, p.247