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Thomas Carlyle Quotes about Poetry

Poetry is the attempt which man makes to render his existence harmonious.

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)

A vein of poetry exists in the hearts of all men.

Thomas Carlyle (2014). “The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle”, p.147, Lulu.com

Poetry, therefore, we will call Musical Thought.

Thomas Carlyle (1864). “Sartor Resartus”, p.247