They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own.


Poems by William Cowper in Two Volumes, 2 (ed. 1800)

William Cowper Quotes

They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own.

They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own.

They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own.

They best can judge a poet's worth, Who oft themselves have known The pangs of a poetic birth By labours of their own.