Sir William Jones

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    “A man who would woo a fair maid,
    Should ‘prentice himself to the trade;
    And study all day,
    In methodical way,
    How to flatter, cajole, and persuade”
    —Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836–1911)

    “From alle wymmen mi love is lent
    And lyht on Alysoun.”
    —Unknown. Alison. . .

    Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (New ed., rev. and enl., 1939)

    “April, April,
    Laugh thy girlish laughter,
    But, the moment after,
    Weep thy golden tears!”
    —Sir William Watson (1858–1935)

    “Intrepid, unprincipled, reckless, predatory, with boundless ambition, civilized in externals but a savage at heart, America is, or may yet be, the Paul Jones of nations.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)