Quote#Poetry
As it is generally seen, blank verse seems to be only a laborious and…
Quote byCharles Symmons · 1749–1826
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Æneis (1817), Preface to the First Edition.
English (original)
As it is generally seen, blank verse seems to be only a laborious and doubtful struggle to escape from the fangs of prose... if it ever ventures to relax into simple and natural phraseology, it instantly becomes tame and the prey of its pursuer.
— Charles Symmons
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