Shelley had perhaps already sensed that public and poetic language were diverging when he called poets the world's unacknowledged legislators.

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" Inspired by this quote, and the music and life of Johnny Cash, I composed a classical piano trio called "Poets and Prophets.

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After returning to the U.S., Hubbard wrote a series called Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great, brief biographies of poets, essayists, artists, philosophers, famous women and musicians, which grew to 14 volumes.

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