Poetry is a dream dreamed in the presence of reason.*
~ Tommasso Ceva
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* Edward Hirsch references this dictim in his How to Read a Poem: And Fall in Love with Poetry (this book can be found at GoogleBooks).
Tommaso Ceva (1648-1737), Jesuit Mathematician and Poet
Harvard Diary on Iesus Puer by Tommaso Ceva at Italica
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5 comments:
I love dreams dreamed in the presence of reason!
Nice one Maureen.
iLike. This looks like a book for my bookshelf. Thanks.
hummmm.... i like this quote.
off to the winery to gofer lunch. the pouring kids will need some food pretty soon.
I'll contemplate this mind-heart quote while I go clean the porch . . .
I like it, too, although I'm not altogether sure I understand it!
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