Book 21. (1 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 19 | 372 | It is intended for the ear, not the eye. |
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Book 21. (7 results) Mercenaries of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 19 | 369 | I will not View more quotes about attempt">attempt to give Hurtha's poem in its entirety, but I think I may have suggested something of its drift already. |
| 19 | 370 | I might also mention that it is possible that it might lose something in the reading of it. |
| 19 | 371 | Poetry, after all, or most poetry, is presumably meant to be heard, not read. |
| 19 | 372 | It is intended for the ear, not the eye. |
| 19 | 373 | And certainly the mere reading of it could scarcely convey the impact of hearing it proclaimed in the living voice, and particularly in a voice such as Hurtha's. |
| 19 | 374 | The line had been moving along rapidly enough, incongruous though this might have seemed, given the thesis of Hurtha's poem. |
| 19 | 375 | We were now rather near the checkpoint. |
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I will not attempt to give Hurtha's poem in its entirety, but I think I may have suggested something of its drift already.
I might also mention that it is possible that it might lose something in the reading of it.
Poetry, after all, or most poetry, is presumably meant to be heard, not read.
It is intended for the ear, not the eye.
And certainly the mere reading of it could scarcely convey the impact of hearing it proclaimed in the living voice, and particularly in a voice such as Hurtha's.
The line had been moving along rapidly enough, incongruous though this might have seemed, given the thesis of Hurtha's poem.
We were now rather near the checkpoint.
- (Mercenaries of Gor)