Edward Young (1683–1765) English poet
London 1759, p. 28 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=h1IJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA28&dq=mysteries <br class="br">Conjectures on Original Composition (1759)
“There is something in Poetry beyond Prose-reason; there are Mysteries in it not to be explained, but admired.”
Conjectures on Original Composition (1759) p. 28.
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