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And who (in time) knows whither we may vent
Quote bySamuel Daniel · 1562–1619
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Musophilus (1599), Stanza 163..
English (original)
And who (in time) knows whither we may vent The treasure of our tongue? To what strange shores This gain of our best glory shall be sent T' enrich unknowing nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident May come refin'd with th' accents that are ours?
— Samuel Daniel
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