Date: 1704
"Charity, decent, modest, easy, kind, / Softens the high, and rears the abject Mind; / Knows with just Reins, and gentle Hand to guide, / Betwixt vile Shame, and arbitrary Pride."
preview | full record— Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)
Date: w. c. 1709, 1711
"Tis more to guide, than spur the Muse's steed; / Restrain his fury, than provoke his speed; / The winged courser, like a gen'rous horse, / Shows most true mettle when you check his course."
preview | full record— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)