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Oh, rather give me commentators plain,
Who with no deep researches vex the brain;
Who from the dark and doubtful love to run,
And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.

— George Crabbe The Parish Register (1807)

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Source: The Parish Register (1807), Part i, "Introduction". Compare "How commentators each dark passage shun, / And hold their farthing candle to the sun", Edward Young, Love of Fame, Satire vii, Line 97.
Work: The Parish Register, 1807
Source quality: Precise citation Points to a specific work with a page, chapter, date or similar locator, so you can look it up.

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