Simul Et Jucunda Et Idonea Dicere Vita

Poets would profit or delight mankind,
And with the pleasing have th' instructive joined.
Profit and pleasure, then, to mix with art,
T' inform the judgment, nor offend the heart,
Shall gain all votes.

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

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