To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.

Gaston Bachelard
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something...
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something...
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something...
To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something...
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The quote, “To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.” was written by the poet Robert Goss, who lived between 1734 and 1803. He was best known for his poem, “The Lament of Tasso.” Many of his poems were set to music and became popular songs, such as “The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery.”

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