Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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JOHN POMFRET.  1667-1703.

We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe,

And still adore the hand that gives the blow.[289:2]

Verses to his Friend under Affliction.

Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,

But most chastises those whom most he likes.

Verses to his Friend under Affliction.

Footnotes

[289:2] See Dryden, page [277].

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