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The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites.

Robert Graves
Religious, Experience, Exaltation
Robert Graves (2011). “The White Goddess”, p.53, Faber & Faber
The function of poetry is religious invocation of the muse; its use is the experience of mixed exaltation and horror that her presence excites.