Quote#Poetry
Yours is the guilt of all, who, judging wrong
Quote byAaron Hill · 1685–1750
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Advice to the Poets (1731), p. 32.
English (original)
Yours is the guilt of all, who, judging wrong, Mistake tuned nonsense for the poet's song! Provoking dulness!—what a soul has he Who fancies rhyme, and measure, poetry!— He thinks, profanely, that this generous art Stops at the ear—with power to shake the heart.
— Aaron Hill
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