On the Art of Writing - Lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge 1913-1914 by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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All is possible!
Whoso list believe; Trust therefore first, and after preve; As men wed ladies by licence and leave, All is possible! or again-- Forget not! O forget not this!-- How long ago hath been, and is, The mind that never meant amiss: Forget not yet! or again (can personal note go straighter?)-- And wilt thou leave me thus? Say nay, say nay, for shame! To save thee from the blame --Of all my grief and grame. And wilt thou leave me thus? Say nay! say nay! (Say 'nay,' say 'nay'; and don't say, 'the answer is in the negative.') No: I have yet to mention the straightest, most natural of them all, and will read it to you in full-- What should I say? Since Faith is dead And Truth away |
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