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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
[Fr., La grammaire, qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois,
Et les fait, la main haute, obeir a ses lois.]
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
Language helps form the limits of our reality.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.
How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?
How can I tell what I think till I see what I say?
Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their read more
Words are the leaves of the tree of language, of which, if some fall away, a new succession takes their place.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.
Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows
Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain read more
And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?
