Think nothing done while aught remains to do.

Samuel Rogers

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Topic

Finishing a task

Author

Samuel Rogers

Source

Human Life

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Rogers, Samuel. Human Life. London: John Murray, 1819, I. 49.

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Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!

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Topic
Arrogance Hubris

Author

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Source
Ozymandias
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1818 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." The Examiner. London: Leigh Hunt and John Hunt, 11 Jan. 1818, l. 11.

Current Citation

Shelley, Percy Bysshe. "Ozymandias." Percy Bysshe Shelley: The Major Works, edited by Zachary Leader and Michael O'Neill. Oxford University Press, 2009, I. 11.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying:
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow will be dying.

Robert Herrick

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Topic
Living in the moment Youth Passage of time Time

Author

Robert Herrick
Source
To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Advice
Language
English
Time
1648 1640s 17th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." Hesperides; or the Works both Human and Divine of Robert Herrick Esq. London: John Williams, 1648.

Current Citation

Herrick, Robert. "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time." The Cavalier Poets: An Anthology, edited by Thomas Crofts. Dover Publications, 1995.