Part 50 (1/2)

The force of nature could no further go; To make a third she joined the other two.

JOHN BUNYAN.

1628-1688.

_Apology for his Book_.

And so I penned It down, until at last it came to be, For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.

Some said, ”John, print it,” others said, ”Not so.”

Some said, ”It might do good,” others said, ”No.”

_Pilgrim's Progress_.

The Slough of Despond.

EARL OF ROSCOMMON.

1633-1684.

_Essay on Translated Verse_.

Immodest words admit of no defence, For want of decency is want of sense.

EARL OF ROCHESTER.

_Written on the Bedchamber Door of Charles II_.

Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on; He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one.