WOMAN AND THE MUSE.
if In the inspiration of all groat loyepcems woman must consent to divide honours ivith the universe; with' the starry night, with the sea's 'mystery, or tho singing of some April bird. SJhe is so' much to the poet because she .stands fpr so much more, mysteriously gathering up in her stra.iigo being the thrill and marvel of existence. Probably' if a poet told the truth, he, would admit that the moon or the sea i_ more'to him than any Avoman, howeverAvonderful; but a woman is as near as he can get to those mysteries. —Richard le Gallienne, in "Harper's."
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Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 32, 13 October 1911, Page 9
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104WOMAN AND THE MUSE. Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 32, 13 October 1911, Page 9
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