To the Memory of My Beloved Literature and Writing Quotes

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Quote #4

Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show
To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe (41-42)

Nationality in the way we think of it today was only just starting to emerge as a concept during Shakespeare and Jonson's time, and the arts were one of the things that helped fuel the growth of this concept in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.

Quote #5

Who casts a living line, must sweat,
(Such as thine are) and strike the second heat
Upon the Muses' anvil […] (59-61)

A beautiful description of all the hard work that goes into making something sound effortless. If only we could all pull that off.