Vincent Bourne Quotes
1695–1747 England
Vincent Bourne (familiarly known as Vinny Bourne; 1695 – 2 December 1747), was an English classical scholar and Neo-Latin poet.
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Ardua discenti nulla est, res nulla docenti
Ardua; cum doceat fœmina, discat avis.
Come, let us go forth to the mead,
Let us see how the primroses spring;
We'll lodge in some village on Tweed,
And love, where the feathered folks sing.
He sees that this great roundabout
The world, with all its motley rout,
Church, army, physic, law,
Its customs and its businesses,
Is no concern at all of his,
And says — what says he? — Caw.
When children first begin to spell,
And stammer out a syllable,
We think them tedious creatures;
But difficulties soon abate,
When birds are to be taught to prate,
And women are the teachers.
Belinda and her bird! 'tis rare
To meet with such a well-match'd pair,—
The language and the tone,
Each character in every part
Sustain'd with so much grace and art,
And both in unison.
When children first begin to spell,
And stammer out a syllable,
We think them tedious creatures;
But difficulties soon abate,
When birds are to be taught to prate,
And women are the teachers.