Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear: None please … - Samuel Garth

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Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear:
None please the fancy, who offend the ear.

Samuel Garth

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Sir Samuel Garth (1661–1719) was an English physician and poet.

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I see the right, and I approve it too,
Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong pursue.

Hard was their lodging, homely was their food;
For all their luxury was doing good.

A barren superfluity of words.

Harsh words, though pertinent, uncouth appear: None please the fancy, who offend the ear. - Samuel Garth

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