Top 5 Quotes by John Trumbull

But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

John Trumbull

Needs, Optics

John Trumbull (1839). “M'Fingal: a modern epic poem, in four cantos”, p.7

No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law.

John Trumbull

Men, Law, Opinion

John Trumbull (1962). “Satiric Poems: The Progress of Dulness and M'Fingal”, p.170

As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose?

John Trumbull

Trust, Rights, Ties

John Trumbull, “M'Fingal - Canto II”

But as some muskets so contrive it As oft to miss the mark they drive at, And though well aimed at dock or plover Bear wide, and kick their owners over.

John Trumbull

Missing, Bears, Docks

John Trumbull, “M'Fingal - Canto I”