Leigh Hunt, Imagination and Fancy (1845), p. 105
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I think that if he had not been a great poet, he would have been a great painter.
— Leigh Hunt on Edmund Spenser
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About Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859) was an English poet and essayist.
About Leigh Hunt
James Henry Leigh Hunt (October 19, 1784 – August 28, 1859) was an English poet and essayist.
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