Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours.
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"Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours." — Lascelles Abercrombie
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Traditional matter must be glorified, since it would be easier to listen to the re-creation of familiar stories than to quite new and unexpected things; the listeners, we must remember, needed poetry chiefly as the re-creation of tired hours. — Lascelles Abercrombie
About Lascelles Abercrombie
Lascelles Abercrombie was a Poet from United Kingdom (1881–1938).
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This quote is attributed to Lascelles Abercrombie, a Poet from United Kingdom.
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Lascelles Abercrombie lived from 1881 – 1938.