George Edward Woodberry — a remark

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“The life of a poet is the life of a man who has accepted the burden of beauty.”

Describing poetic vocation as a demanding responsibility towards beauty · Essay on poetry

About George Edward Woodberry

George Edward Woodberry

12 May 1855–2 January 1930

The Woodberrys—or Woodburys, as various spellings of the name exist—were an old New England family who had immigrated early in the colonial period and established deep roots along Massachusetts's North Shore. Since settlement took hold in Beverly and neighboring seaport towns, the family had been native to this…

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