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Francis Fawkes
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“Dear Tom, this brown jug that now foams with mild ale, (In which I will drink to sweet Nan of the Vale) Was once Toby Filpot, a thirsty old soul As e'er drank a bottle, or fathomed a bowl.”
Francis Fawkes (1720–1777) first seen 1761 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Brown Jug" (Imitated from the Latin of Hieronymus Amaltheus), st. 1; Original Poems and Translations (1761), p. 127
“I'll live tomorrow," 'tis not wise to say:'Twill be too late tomorrow—live today.”
Francis Fawkes (1720–1777) said by 1777 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Translation of Martial's Epigram i.15, in Fawkes' Sappho, Bion, Moschus, Musaeus (2nd ed., 1789), footnote on p. 101