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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 swifter hand doth the swift words outrun:
Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.
The swifter hand doth the swift words outrun:
Before the tongue hath spoke the hand hath done.
Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world.
[Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.]
Goose [pen] bee [wax] and calf [parchment] govern the world.
[Lat., Anser, apie, vitellus, populus et regna gubernant.]
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.]
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 is mightier than the sword.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
The pen became a clarion.
The pen became a clarion.
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 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.
