John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2448 Edmund Waller 1606-1687 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2448 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Waller (1606–1687) |
| QUOTATION: | Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Upon Roscommon’s Translation of Horace, De Arte Poetica. |