2984. John Dryden. 1631-1700. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.


NUMBER:	2984
AUTHOR:	John Dryden (1631–1700)
QUOTATION:	Happy who in his verse can gently steer From grave to light, from pleasant to severe. 1
ATTRIBUTION:	The Art of Poetry. Canto i. Line 75.
BIOGRAPHY:	Columbia Encyclopedia.

Note 1.
Heureux qui, dans ses vers, sait d’une voix légère,
Passer du grave au doux, du plaisant au sévère.
Nicholas Boileau-Despreaux: L’Art Poétique, chant 1er.

Formed by thy converse, happily to steer
From grave to gay, from lively to severe.
Alexander Pope: Essay on Man, epistle iv. line 379. [back]

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