John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
believe grace rewards
Faith is to believe what you do not yet see: the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. Thus all below is strength, and all above is grace.
dying woe flutes
The soft complaining flute, In dying notes, discovers The woes of hopeless lovers.
morning night light
I saw myself the lambent easy light Gild the brown horror, and dispel the night.
kings war trade
War is a trade of kings.
kings play acting
Even kings but play; and when their part is done, some other, worse or better, mounts the throne.
writing men may
Railing in other men may be a crime, But ought to pass for mere instinct in him: Instinct he follows and no further knows, For to write verse with him is to transprose.
tired eagles wings
Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.
love hate love-hate
Politicians neither love nor hate.
life passion love-is
Love is a passion Which kindles honor into noble acts.
power grows small-beginnings
Mighty things from small beginnings grow.
kings fighting empires
Kings fight for empires, madmen for applause.
brave bravery fairs
None but the brave deserve the fair.
passion inspirational-music playing-music
What passion cannot music raise and quell!
fate soul shields
Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more; Fate was not mine, nor am I Fate's: Souls know no conquerors.