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Уэнтуорт Диллон, 4-й граф Роскоммон — английский поэт.

✵ 1637 – 18. Январь 1685
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“Immodest words admit of no defence,
For want of decency is want of sense.”

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Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Источник: Essay on Translated Verse (1684), Line 113.

“My God, my Father, and my Friend,
Do not forsake me at my end.”

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Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Translation of Dies Iræ.

“Remember Milo's end,
Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.”

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Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Источник: Essay on Translated Verse (1684), Line 87.

“Hail mighty Maro! may that sacred name
Kindle my breast with thy celestial flame;
Sublime ideas and apt words infuse,
The Muse instruct my voice, and thou inspire the Muse!”

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Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Источник: Essay on Translated Verse (1684), Line 173.

“Then, seek a poet who your way does bend,
And choose an author as you choose a friend;
United by this sympathetic bond,
You grow familiar, intimate and fond;
Your thoughts, your words, your styles, your souls agree,
No longer his interpreter, but he.”

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Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Источник: Essay on Translated Verse (1684), Line 95.

“Take pains the genuine meaning to explore,
There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar;
Search every comment that your care can find,
Some here, some there, may hit the poet's mind.”

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Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Источник: Essay on Translated Verse (1684), Line 179.

“The multitude is always in the wrong.”

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Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Источник: Essay on Translated Verse (1684), Line 184.