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Joseph Trapp on Poetry

1679–1747 England

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The art and triumph of poetry are in nothing more seen and felt than in moving the passions.

The Preface to The Aeneis of Virgil (1718)

Poetry itself being the music of thoughts and words, as music is the poetry of sounds.

The Preface to The Aeneis of Virgil (1718)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joseph Trapp (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.