John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby Quotes
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Read Homer once, and you can read no more;
For all books else appear so mean, so poor,
Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need.
For all books else appear so mean, so poor,
Verse will seem prose; but still persist to read,
And Homer will be all the books you need.
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
Reject that vulgar error which appears
So fair, of making perfect characters,
There's no such thing in Nature, and you'll draw
A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw.
So fair, of making perfect characters,
There's no such thing in Nature, and you'll draw
A faultless monster which the world ne'er saw.
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
Of all those arts in which the wise excel,
Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
And when I feigned an angry look,
Alas! I loved you best.
Alas! I loved you best.
John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby
