William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) American poet
As quoted in Free Verse. Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics 2nd ed (1975)
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“There is nothing in the world that cannot be done by verses.”
Nulla al mondo è che non possano i versi.
Canzone 239, st. 5
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life
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