Careful Words

venom (n.)

venom (v.)

Still from the fount of joy's delicious springs

Some bitter o'er the flowers its bubbling venom flings.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto i. Stanza 82.

Good people all, with one accord,

Lament for Madam Blaize,

Who never wanted a good word

From those who spoke her praise.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): Elegy on Mrs. Mary Blaize.