SOURCE: Neuhäuser, Rudolf. “Sound and Meaning in Romantic Poetry: Prešeren's Poezije.” Russian Literature 30, no. 1 (July 1991): 85-108.

In the following essay, Neuhäuser discusses the musicality, sound instrumentation, quality of expression, and sensibility of Romantic poetry, and shows how Prešeren's lyric poetry fits into the Romantic mold.

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No matter how much I try not to show the passion of my heart, it is yet given away by the face. You have captivated my eyes and thoughts, they need you and seek you. (etc., etc.)

Or, on a more serious topic:

Unknown great lights move about in the sky; surrounded by the rays of the sun they follow their circular paths,—countless stars, bordering on each other. They all shine in honour of God. (etc., etc.)

The two texts quoted are English renderings of parts of two poems,—the first by M. I. Popov (1768), the second...