THE POETRY CURE

"Poetry is no more a narcotic than a stimulant; it is a universal bitter-sweet mixture for all possible household emergencies. A well-chosen anthology is a complete dispensary of medicine for the more common mental disorders, and may be used as much for prevention as cure."

ROBERT GRAVES, ON ENGLISH POETRY, 1922.

"O health! health! the blessing of the rich! the riches of the poor! who can buy thee at too dear a rate, since there is no enjoying the world without thee?"

BEN JONSON, VOLPONE. ACT II.

"He ate and drank the precious words,
His spirit grew robust;

He knew no more that he was poor,
Nor that his frame was dust."

EMILY DICKINSON.

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THE POETRY CURE

A POCKET MEDICINE
CHEST OF VERSE

COMPOUNDED BY

ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER

Author of "Scum o' the Earth," "Magic Flame," "Fiddler's Luck," "The Joyful
Heart," etc. Editor of "Our American Holidays" series, and

"Through Italy with the Poets."

NEW YORK

DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

1925