Great Regulars: No doubt, as far as their relation

to [WS] Merwin's work was concerned, poets such as Neruda and Lorca had the greater weight. But the old Spanish ballads (which were themselves of capital importance to Lorca) must have had their place in the consciousness of this ambitious group of young writers, and it has often seemed to me that Merwin's volume (especially if it were provided with Spanish originals) would be worth reprinting.

from James Fenton: The Guardian: Singing the songs of love

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