James and Mary Ford, eds. Every Day in the Year. 1902.
November 27Horace
By Alexander Pope (16881744)(Died Nov. 27, 8 B.C. )
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And without method talks us into sense,
Will, like a friend, familiarly convey
The truest notions in the easiest way.
He, who supreme in judgment, as in wit,
Might boldly censure, as he boldly writ,
Yet judged with coolness, though he sung with fire;
His Precepts teach but what his works inspire.