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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.


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Author Bio


  • NameLascelles Abercrombie
  • DescriptionPoet, academic, literary critic
  • BornJanuary 9, 1881
  • DiedOctober 27, 1938
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPoet; Writer