Comforting words

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O! many a shaft, at random sent,
Finds mark the archer little meant!
And many a word, at random spoken,
May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!

Sir Walter Scott

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Topic

Comforting words Fortuitous occurrences

Author

Sir Walter Scott

Source

The Lord of the Isles

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1815 1810s 19th century

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Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir. The Lord of the Isles. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co./London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815, canto 5, st. 18.

Apt words have power to suage
The tumours of a troubled mind.

John Milton

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Topic

Comforting words

Speaker

The Chorus

Author

John Milton

Genre

Tragedy (play) Tragedy

Language

English

Time

1671 1670s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." Paradise Regained, A Poem in 4 Books, to which is added Samson Agonistes. London: John Starkey, 1671, I. 184.

Current Citation

Milton, John. "Samson Agonistes." John Milton: Major Works, edited by Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 184.