Hilaire Belloc Quotes on Art
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To exalt, enthrone, establish and defend, To welcome home mankind's mysterious friend Wine, true begetter of all arts that be; Wine, privilege of the completely free; Wine the recorder; wine the sagely strong; Wine, bright avenger of sly-dealing wrong, Awake, Ausonian Muse, and sing the vineyard song!
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By thee do seers the inward light discern; By thee the statue lives, the Gods return.
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It is the best of all trades, to make songs, and the second best to sing them.