Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1891 — Easy or Impossible. [ARTICLE]

Easy or Impossible.

A remark imputed to Victor Hugo in reply to a young man, who asked him if it was difficult to write poetry, is both witty and true, but it is ihoro witty than true. “My dear sir,” the poet is said to have replied, “it is either easy or impossible!” But it is not always easy for true poets to write poetry. Homer nodded occasionally, and some other great poets have put forth most prosy poetry. Lioxs and leopards are very fond of perfumes