This poem will never reach its destination. [On Rousseau's Ode To Posterity]

One merit of poetry few persons will deny; it says more, and in few words, than prose

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

Poetry is the music of the soul, and, above all, of great and feeling souls.

It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

Posterity will pay everyone their due.