Les soucis positifs de notre temps ne font que rendre la poésie plus nécessaire. Elle est, avec la religion bien comprise, le baume qui adoucit et console, la voix qui dit en nous: Sursum corda!

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The anxieties of our time only make poetry more necessary. Along with religion properly understood, it is the balm that soothes and consoles, the voice within us that says: Lift up your hearts!

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