“Fling but a stone, the giant dies.”
Matthew Green (1696–1737) British writer
Source: The Spleen (1737), Line 93.
“To cure the mind's wrong bias, Spleen,
Some recommend the bowling green;
Some, hilly walks; all, exercise;
Fling but a stone, the giant dies.”
Source: aQuotes, The Spleen (1737), Line 89.
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