John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
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Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below
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Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.
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Far more numerous are those as such; who think to little and talk to much.
began call lately whom
Farewell, too little and too lately known, / Whom I began to think and call my own.
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Better to hunt in fields for health unbought than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend;
shun struggle
Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
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With ravished ears / The monarch hears, / Assumes the god, / Affects to nod, / And seems to shake the spheres.
broke expensive sins wisely
Did wisely from expensive sins refrain, / And never broke the Sabbath, but for gain.
arms business hasten short
Of seeming arms to make a short essay, / Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day.
blessings drinking pleasure
Bacchus' blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure
horrid stillness tempest
An horrid stillness first invades the ear, / And in that stillness we the tempest fear.
blunt edge near
So sicken waning moons too near the sun,/ And blunt their crescents on the edge of day.
age beast begin brought chase lovers piece thy time wars
All, all of a piece throughout; / Thy chase had a beast in view; / Thy wars brought nothing about; / Thy lovers were all untrue. / 'Tis well an old age is out, / And time to begin a new.
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The tariff issue is a bit different from that of taxes - although a tariff-free zone in cyberspace for electronic transmissions makes sense, the same is not true for taxes - there is no reason for cyberspace to be a tax haven,