On Not Writing A Sermon, But On The Contrary, Of The Causes And Cures Of Melancholy. Bk. I. Sec. I. E. 1.

At melius fuerat non scribere, namque tacere
Tutum semper erit,———

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Pre-Romantic poet best known for "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," a meditation on mortality.

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