John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
bless dying gave hand
Dying bless the hand that gave the blow.
below dive errors pearls search surface
Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below
below dive errors pearls search surface
Errors like straws upon the surface flow: Who would search for pearls must dive below
dive pearls search surface
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below.
authority combat establish general men particular reputation themselves understanding
They who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men
dies heaven man stage
For, Heaven be thank'd, we live in such an age, when no man dies for love, but on the stage
above bore fool fools-and-foolishness till tired 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.
action common graceful interest seldom
Youth, beauty, graceful action, seldom fail:/ But common interest always will prevail.
found messiah
They found the new Messiah by the star.
arms business hasten short
Of seeming arms to make a short essay, / Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day.
far numerous talk thoughts-and-thinking
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.
blunt edge near
So sicken waning moons too near the sun,/ And blunt their crescents on the edge of day.
base free laws nature noble savage servitude wild woods
I am as free as nature first made man, / Ere the base laws of servitude began, / When wild in woods the noble savage ran.