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Imlac now felt the enthusiastic fit, and was proceeding to aggrandise his own profession, when the Prince cried out: "Enough! thou hast convinced me that no human being can ever be a poet. Proceed with thy narration."
"To be a poet," said Imlac, "is indeed very difficult."