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From: Elias J Theodoracopoulos <ejt1@columbia.edu>
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Subject: Re: beautiful language
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On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, David Lupher wrote:

> >"Beauty," of course, is a nearly useless term in aesthetics. 
> 
> Come, come.  The most beautiful line in English is without a doubt
> "And lichter nor a dauphin with her fin."  It's the end of the second
> quatrain of a beautiful sonnet by Mark Alexander Boyd (1563-1601).

My vote for the most beautiful line of English poetry goes to King Lear
5. 2, fin., Never, never, never, never, never. No two actors have ever
delivered it alike, and no one seems to get it right. Like the shield of
Achilleus it encompasses all, and nothing.
 
EJTh 


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