Oh, the power of poetry that it could lift poor Leigh Hunt beyond his prison walls to the realms of the skylark!
Leigh Hunt was himself a poet. Only two of his poems are remembered, but they are more often quoted than those of many more famous people. Both are printed at this website- Jenny Kissed Me and Abou Ben Adam.
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Oh, the power of poetry that it could lift poor Leigh Hunt beyond his prison walls to the realms of the skylark!
Leigh Hunt was himself a poet. Only two of his poems are remembered, but they are more often quoted than those of many more famous people. Both are printed at this website- Jenny Kissed Me and Abou Ben Adam.