It may be safely affirmed, that there neither is, nor can be, any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.


Lyrical Ballads (1800) preface


It may be safely affirmed, that there neither is, nor can be, any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.

It may be safely affirmed, that there neither is, nor can be, any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.

It may be safely affirmed, that there neither is, nor can be, any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.

It may be safely affirmed, that there neither is, nor can be, any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.