John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
love flying dying
Time and death shall depart and say in flying Love has found out a way to live, by dying.
atheism world doe
The World to Bacon does not only owe it's present knowledge, but its future too.
tyrants mind
Thou tyrant, tyrant Jealousy, Thou tyrant of the mind!
reason interest seems
Interest makes all seem reason that leads to it.
lying wife my-wife
Here lies my wife: here let her lie! Now she's at rest, and so am I.
kitchen cost frost
Ever a glutton, at another's cost, But in whose kitchen dwells perpetual frost.
time children men
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
eagles imperfection secret
None, none descends into himself, to find The secret imperfections of his mind: But every one is eagle-ey'd to see Another's faults, and his deformity.
time simple years
Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
numbness mind lazy
A lazy frost, a numbness of the mind.
past use knows
Few know the use of life before 'tis past.
death kings moments
No king nor nation one moment can retard the appointed hour.
military presence-of-mind mind
Presence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
passion doe reason
If passion rules, how weak does reason prove!