Un poète est un rossignol qui, assis dans l'obscurité, chante pour égayer de doux sons sa propre solitude.
Défense de la poésie
Contexte et précisions
En anglais : "A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds. His auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician."