 | John Dryden - Classical poetry - 1706 - 490 pages
...ftridteft Hands, 'Mine and your Father's, and not fee the Light* Till Time and Care have ripcn'd ev'ry Line. What you keep by you, you may change and mend, But Words once fpoke can never be recall'd. Qrpbeus infpir'd by more than Human Fow'r, Didnpt (as Poets feign) tame Savage Bcafls, But Men as lawlefs,... | |
 | Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon - English poetry - 1717 - 580 pages
...Hands, Mine and your Father's, and not fee the Light, 'Till Time and Care have ripen'd ev'ry Line. W hat you keep by you, you may change and mend, But Words once fpoke can never be recall'd. Orfheusy infpir'd by more than Human Pow?r, Did not (as Poets feign) tame Savage Beafls, But Men as... | |
 | Horace - 1717 - 392 pages
...ftricteft Hand*, Mire, and your Father'?, and not fee the Light, Till Time and Care hath ripen'd ev'ry Line.. What you keep by you, you may change and mend; But Words once fpoke, can naver be rccall'd. Orphous infpir'd by more than humane Pow'r, Did not (as Poets feign) tame Savage... | |
 | Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon - Horatius Flaccus, Quintus - 1749 - 296 pages
...called Smyrua. Mine and your father's, and not fee the light, Till time and care have ripen'd ev'ry line. "What you keep by you, you may change and mend,...recall'd. [' ' Orpheus, infpir'd by more than human pow'r, \" / Did not, as poets feign, tame favage beafts, Uut men as lawlefs, and as wild as they, And... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 248 pages
...write, Let your produftions pafs the ftrifteft hands, .Mine and your fathe-r's, and not fee the light Till Till time and care have ripen'd every line. What...recall'd. Orpheus, infpir'd by more than human power, Did net, as poets feign, tame favage beafts, But men as lawlefs and as wild as they, And firft diffuaded... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 806 pages
...light Till time and care have ripen'd every line. What yen keep by you, you may change and mend ; >v . But words once fpoke can never be recall'd. Orpheus, infpir'd by more than human power, IJid not, as poets feign, tame favage beafts, But men as lawlefs and as wild as they, And ii : 11 difluaded... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...departed. A.:-. You from my youth Have known and tiied me, tftalt \ more than truth ? Saiufyt. \\Tut you keep by you, you may change and mend, But words once if ate can never be recall'd. H'j.'/rr. Under the tropick is our language tpote, And part of Flanders... | |
 | Samuel Butler, Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 414 pages
...strictest hands, Mine and your father's, and not see the light Till time and care have ripen'd ev'ry line. What you keep by you, you may change and mend, But words once spoke can never he recall'd. 440 Orpheus, inspir'd by more than human pow'r, Did not, as poets feign,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 654 pages
...write, Let your productions pass the strictest hands, Mine and your father's, and not see the light M spoke can never he recall'd. Orpheus, inspir'd by more than human power, Did not, as poets feign, tame... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...write, Let your productions pass the strictest hands, Mine and your father's, and not see the light Fwa> he had summon'd to her silent bed The morning...dream that hover'd o'er her head. A youth more glitter spoke can never be recall'd. Orpheus, inspir'd by more than human power, Did not, as poets feign, tame... | |
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What you keep by you, you may change and mend But words once spoke can never be recalled. 
