Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.

Poetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.

诗歌是一种破坏散文的美丽方式，也是一种用平淡的感觉换取和谐的费力艺术。

-- Horace Walpole 霍勒斯·沃波尔