Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.
- John Denham
Genius, Nor, Writ, Translation
Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.
- John Denham
Use, Books, Ends, Delight
Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.
- John Denham
Will, Subtle, Another, Pouring
We are never like angels till our passion dies.
- John Denham
Never, Like, Till, Dies
Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.
- John Denham
Like, May, Doth, Beginnings
Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.
- John Denham
Search, Nor, Hid, Forbid
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