Quotation by Samuel Butler

'Twas English cut on Greek and Latin,
Like fustian heretofore on satin;
Samuel Butler (1612–1680), British poet. Hudibras (l. 97–98).

OxBoLi. Everyman's Book of English Verse. John Wain, ed. (1981) J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.
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