“Possess your soul with patience.”
Pt. III, line 839.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
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“My soul
Shall bear that also; for, by practice taught,
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The Odyssey of Homer: translated into English blank verse (1791), Book V, line 264.
“My soul
Shall bear that also; for, by practice taught,
I have learned patience, having much endured.”
V. 222–223 (tr. William Cowper).
Odyssey (c. 725 BC)