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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 sacred Dove a quill did lend
 From her high-soaring wing.  
 The sacred Dove a quill did lend
 From her high-soaring wing. 
 Beneath the rule of men entirely great
 The pen is mightier than the sword.  
 Beneath the rule of men entirely great
 The pen is mightier than the sword. 
 You write with ease, to show your breeding,
 But easy writing's curst hard reading.  
 You write with ease, to show your breeding,
 But easy writing's curst hard reading. 
 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. 
 Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, 
the practise of a fair and read more 
 Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, 
the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no 
immaterial accomplishment.
 [Lat., Non sest aliena res, quae fere ab honestis negligi solet, 
cura bene ac velociter scribendi.] 
The pen became a clarion.
The pen became a clarion.
 The feather, whence the pen
 Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men,
  Dropped from read more 
 The feather, whence the pen
 Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men,
  Dropped from an Angel's wing.