... to be repaid: From Epigrams: A Journal by J.V. Cunningham. (Hat tip, Dave Lull, who also sends this link to other work by Cunningham.)
I once received a very nice note from J.V. Cunningham, thanking me for a review of his poems that I had written, telling me that it was nice to be praised for the things one had hoped to be praised. He later very kindly read some of the poems I was writing at the time and told me, quite correctly, that I had perfected a style but hadn't yet figured out what to do with it. The single most imprtant piece of criticism I have ever received. May perpetual light shine upon him.
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