…to have an analytic enough mind to enjoy even second rate eighteenth-century poetry, is a better test of ‘love of poetry’ than to like Shakespeare, which is no test at all…
“I wish I loved the Human Race;
I wish I loved its silly face;
I wish I liked the way it walks;
I wish I liked the way it talks;
And when I’m introduced to one
I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!”