John Trumbull Quotes

• But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

  John Trumbull

  Needs, Optics

  John Trumbull (1839). “M'Fingal: a modern epic poem, in four cantos”, p.7

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• No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law.

  John Trumbull

  Men, Law, Opinion

  John Trumbull (1962). “Satiric Poems: The Progress of Dulness and M'Fingal”, p.170

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• As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

  John Trumbull

  Trust, Rights, Ties

  John Trumbull, “M'Fingal - Canto II”

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• But as some muskets so contrive it
  As oft to miss the mark they drive at,
  And though well aimed at dock or plover
  Bear wide, and kick their owners over.

  John Trumbull

  Missing, Bears, Docks

  John Trumbull, “M'Fingal - Canto I”

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• While briskly to each patriot lip
  Walks eager round the inspiring flip;
  Delicious draught, whose pow'rs inherit
  The quintessence of public spirit!

  John Trumbull

  Drinking, Flip, Lips

  John Trumbull (1839). “M'Fingal: a modern epic poem, in four cantos”, p.56

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