Most wretched men
Are cradled into poetry by wrong,
They learn in suffering what they teach in song.
– Percy Bysshe Shelley Julian and Maddalo
1819 draft of Julian and Maddalo. Bodleian Library.
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Saturday Sayings – Wrong
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This is a good quote. I’ve never heard it before.
Me neither! I surely was glad to find it, though!
wow—cradled into poetry by wrong….that is powerful, kathy!
You know it! I was so glad to find it! Thanks for the kind words, Twin/Friend!