Goodness me, I was not the one who said the sentence
you posted.
I cannot remember who posted this bit. I only wrote what follows:
"I think in the first place it is quite dangerous to think that other
people have no soul, and then no rhythm, no music..".
Thank you for amending the misquote.
erminia
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> erminia wrote:
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> > And yet, when I'm with people who have no
> > > soul, no rhythm, no music and no wit who trot out what they call
poems,
> > > then I think they are the true amateurs, if the word has to be
derogatory.
> >
> > I think in the first place it is quite dangerous to think that other
> > people have no soul, and then no rhythm, no music...
>
> This discussion reminds me of MacNeice's "Elegy for Minor Poets".
> LM talks about those "who knew all the words but failed to achieve
> the Word", and treats them with a mixture of sympathy and derision
> ("those opinions which rank them high are based/On a wish to be
> different or on lack of taste").
>
> It's a poem that has always amused me -- I trust I haven't over-quoted;
> MacNeice ain't out of copyright yet...
>
> Kari
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