Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity... but be… - George Chapman

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Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity... but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'...

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George Chapman (c. 1559 – May 12, 1634) was an English dramatist, translator and poet.

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Music, and mood, she loves, but love she hates
(As curious ladies do, their public cates),
This train, with meteors, comets, lightenings,
The dreadful presence of our empress sings:
Which grant for ever (O eternal Night)
Till virtue flourish in the light of light.

Nor could the foole abstaine,
But drunke as often.

Who to himself is law no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.

Poetry, unlike oratory, should not aim at clarity... but be dense with meaning, 'something to be chewed and digested'... - George Chapman

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