Quote#Wisdom
No, had I e'en a hundred tongues
Quote byJohn Conington · 1825–1869
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Book VI, p. 215.
English (original)
No, had I e'en a hundred tongues, A hundred mouths, and iron lungs, Those types of guilt I could not show, Nor tell the forms of penal woe.
— John Conington
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