... poetry to be the language of the violent passions, expressed in exact measure, with strong accents and significant words; and true music to be no more than poetry, delivered in a succession of harmonious sounds, so disposed as to please the ear. It... Poems, Consisting Chiefly of Translations from the Asiatick Languages: To ... - Page 209 by William Jones - 1772 - 217 pages Full view -
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