The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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