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But words once spoke can never be recall'd. - Art of Poetry (l. 442) [Words] Immodest words admit of no defence; For want of decency is want of sense. - Essay on Translated Verse (l. 113) [Modesty : Proverbs] Pride (of all others the most dang'rous fault) Proceeds from want of sense, or want of thought. - Essay on Translated Verse (l. 161) [Pride] The men, who labour and digest things most, Will be much apter to despond than boast; For if your author be profoundly good, 'Twill cost you dear before he's understood. - Essay on Translated Verse (l. 163) [Authorship] The multitude is always in the wrong. - Essay on Translated Verse (l. 184) [Public] Abstruse and mystic thoughts you must express With painful care, but seeming easiness; For truth shines brightest thro' the plainest dress. - Essay on Translated Verse (l. 216) [Speech] The press, the pulpit, and the stage, Conspire to censure and expose our age. - Essay on Translated Verse (l. 7) [Criticism] And choose an author as you choose a friend. - Essay on Translated Verse (l. 96) [Authorship] 'Tis I that call, remember Milo's end, Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend. - Essay on Translated Verse--Ovid [Punishment] Men still had faults, and men will have them still; He that hath none, and lives as angels do, Must be an angel. - Miscellanies--On Mr. Dryden's Religio Laici (l. 8) [Faults] Thou whom avenging pow'rs obey, Cancel my debt (too great to pay) Before the sad accounting day. - On the Day of Judgment (st. 11) [Forgiveness] The last loud trumpet's wondrous sound, Shall thro' the rending tombs rebound, And wake the nations under ground. - On the Day of Judgment (st. 3) [Resurrection] My God, my Father, and my Friend, Do not forsake me in the end. - Translation of Dies Iroe [God] Displaying page 2 of 2 for this author: << Prev 1 [2]
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