| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 54096 |
| QUOTATION: | Poetry ... is ... a speaking picture, with this end: to teach and delight. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sir Philip Sidney (15541586), British poet, diplomat, soldier. An Apology for Poetry (written 1579-1580, published 1595), ed. J. Churton Collins (1907). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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