Unlike my subject now shall be my song;
It shall be witty, and it sha'n't be long.
-- Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)
-- Impromptu Lines
It shall be witty, and it sha'n't be long.
-- Earl of Chesterfield (1694-1773)
-- Impromptu Lines
Related:
- Fierce warres and faithful loves shall moralize my song.
Edmund Spenser (1553-1599) -- The Faerie Queene, Introduction... - LYRE, n. An ancient instrument of torture. The word is now used in a
figurative sense to denote the poetic faculty,
as in the following fiery lines of our great poet,... - But you shall not escape my
iambics... - Since attaining the full use of my reason no one has ever heard me laugh.
Earl of... - Nearer, my God, to Thee!
Nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to Thee... - Whene'er I take my walks abroad,
How many poor I see!
What shall I render to my God For all his gifts to... - In my youth I hoped to do great things;
now I shall be satisfied to get through without a... - He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon,
by the most splendid eloquence. -- Earl of Chesterfield... - I shall explain this by waving my hands about in an
appropriate manner...
