Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to the mystic, when words which make sense can also make a uniform objective structure of accents and rhymes.
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"Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to the mystic, when words which make sense can also make a uniform objective structure of accents and rhymes." — John Crowe Ransom
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Now between the meanings of words and their sounds there is ordinarily no discoverable relation except one of accident; and it is therefore miraculous, to the mystic, when words which make sense can also make a uniform objective structure of accents and rhymes. — John Crowe Ransom
About John Crowe Ransom
John Crowe Ransom was a Poet from United States (1888–1974).
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This quote is attributed to John Crowe Ransom, a Poet from United States.
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John Crowe Ransom lived from 1888 – 1974.