John Pomfret: Frasi in inglese
“Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,
But most chastises those whom most he likes.”
Verses to his Friend under Affliction.
“We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe,
And still adore the hand that gives the blow.”
Verses to his Friend under Affliction. Compare: " Bless the hand that gave the blow", John Dryden, The Spanish Friar (1681), Act ii. Sc. 1.
