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Samuel Butler (novelist) - The greatest poets never...
The greatest poets never write poetry. The Homers and Shakespeares are not the greatest - they are only the greatest that we can know. And so with Handel among musicians. For the highest poetry, whether in music or literature, is ineffable - it must be felt from one person to another, it cannot be articulated. (Samuel Butler (novelist))

The greatest poets never write poetry. The Homers and Shakespeares are not the greatest - they are only the greatest that we can know. And so with Handel among musicians. For the highest poetry, whether in music or literature, is ineffable - it must be felt from one person to another, it cannot be articulated.

Samuel Butler (novelist)

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