The Seagulls, and Other Poems (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Seagulls, and Other Poems

Several years ago, her mother cautioned her against thinking much of any little power she might possess, such as that of writing verse. She instantly and nat urally replied, that it would be silly to be conceited about this; she was only the jug out of which the water was poured. No more striking illustration of what a recent writer calls a genuine uprush of sub liminal inspiration could well be found. Many, or indeed most, of the poems of childhood...