A fragment of notes by Edward Hitchcock in which Hitchcock discusses poetry and poets, focusing on a correlation between poets and poor health (both physical and mental) and discussing the relationship between physical and intellectual vigor. He quotes some poetry, including that of Robert Pollock, James Montgomery, and others.
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