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Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books unroll’d, Extolling patience as the truest fortitude; And to the bearing well of all calamities, All chances incident to man’s frail life, Consolitaries writ With studied argument, and much persuasion sought, Lenient of grief and anxious thought: But with th’ afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint, Unless he feel within Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings, that repair his strength And fainting spirits uphold.
Many are the sayings of the wise, In ancient and in modern books unroll’d, Extolling patience as the truest fortitude; And to the bearing well of all calamities, All chances incident to man’s frail life, Consolitaries writ With studied argument, and much persuasion sought, Lenient of grief and anxious thought: But with th’ afflicted in his pangs their sound Little prevails, or rather seems a tune Harsh, and of dissonant mood from his complaint, Unless he feel within Some source of consolation from above, Secret refreshings, that repair his strength And fainting spirits uphold.
Approximate author period: c. 1641 AD · renaissance
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- John Milton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1641 AD · renaissance
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 432 · printed citation: Milton · subject: PATIENCE
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