Quote#Hope
Who hopes by strange variety to please
Quote byJohn Conington · 1825–1869
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Art of Poetry, p. 172.
English (original)
Who hopes by strange variety to please, Puts dolphins among forests, boars in seas.
— John Conington
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