Samuel Johnson Quote

He that thinks himself capable of astonishing may write blank verse: but those that hope only to please must condescend to rhyme.


The Life of Milton - Lives of the English Poets (1779–81)


He that thinks himself capable of astonishing may write blank verse: but those that hope only to please must condescend to rhyme.

He that thinks himself capable of astonishing may write blank verse: but those that hope only to please must condescend to rhyme.

He that thinks himself capable of astonishing may write blank verse: but those that hope only to please must condescend to rhyme.

He that thinks himself capable of astonishing may write blank verse: but those that hope only to please must condescend to rhyme.