“Then, seek a poet who your way does bend,
And choose an author as you choose a friend;
United by this sympathetic bond,
You grow familiar, intimate and fond;
Your thoughts, your words, your styles, your souls agree,
No longer his interpreter, but he.”

—  Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Source: Essay on Translated Verse (1684), Line 95.

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