Andrew Motion - If I were to die thinking that I'd written three poems that people might read af...

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If I were to die thinking that I'd written three poems that people might read after me, I would feel that I hadn't lived in vain. Great poets might expect the whole body of their work, but most of us - well, I would settle for a handful.

Andrew Motion

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Wenn ich sterben würde, wenn ich dachte, ich hätte drei Gedichte geschrieben, die die Leute nach mir lesen könnten, hätte ich das Gefühl, ich hätte nicht umsonst gelebt. Große Dichter könnten den ganzen Körper ihrer Arbeit erwarten, aber die meisten von uns - na ja, ich würde mich mit einer Handvoll zufrieden geben.

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