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From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the
sword.
[Lat., Hinc quam read more
From this it appears how much more cruel the pen may be than the
sword.
[Lat., Hinc quam sit calamus saevior euse, patet.]
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest
of men, I will find read more
If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest
of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
[Fr., Qu'on me donne six lignes ecrites de la main du plus
honnete homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre.]
For what made that in glory shine so long
But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?
For what made that in glory shine so long
But poets' Pens, pluckt from Archangels' wings?
The sacred Dove a quill did lend
From her high-soaring wing.
The sacred Dove a quill did lend
From her high-soaring wing.
Whose noble praise
Deserves a quill pluckt from an angel's wing.
Whose noble praise
Deserves a quill pluckt from an angel's wing.
The pen became a clarion.
The pen became a clarion.
The pen wherewith thou dost so heavenly sing
Made of a quill from an angel's wing.
The pen wherewith thou dost so heavenly sing
Made of a quill from an angel's wing.
Art thou a pen, whose task shall be
To drown in ink
What writers think?
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Art thou a pen, whose task shall be
To drown in ink
What writers think?
Oh, wisely write,
That pages white
Be not the worse for ink and thee.
