Thomas Sturge Moore :
In my opinion Mr. Moore is a greater poet than Mr. Yeats. He has lived obscurely, and has not displayed Mr. Yeats's talent for self-dramatization; for these reasons and others he has never become a public figure or a popular writer.
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Writers and Writing
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Poetry and Poets
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Opinions
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