"Haud satis est illis utcunque claudere versum, Et res verborum propria vi reddere claras; Omnia sed numeris vocum concordibus aptant, Atque sono, quaecunque canunt, imitantur."
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'Tis not enough his verses to complete, In measure, numbers, or determined feet; Or render things, by clear expression, bright, And set each object in a proper light: To all, proportioned terms he must dispense, And make the sound a picture of the sense. — Book III, line 365. Compare: — 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offense; The sound must seem an echo to the sense. — Alexander Pope, An Essay on Criticism, Part II, line 164
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Marco Girolamo Vida
Marco Girolamo Vida or Marcus Hieronymus Vida (1485 – September 27, 1566) was an Italian humanist, bishop and poet.
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