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Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading Quotes: Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music.
         

Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music.


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Music rots when it gets too far from the dance. Poetry atrophies when it gets too far from music.
         



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