If there’s no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money.
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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.
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| Birth: | 24th July, 1895 |
| Death: | 7th December, 1985 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Novelist, Poet, Soldier |
About
Robert von Ranke Graves was an English poet, scholar/translator/writer of antiquity specializing in Classical Greece and Rome, and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works.
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