John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
found messiah
They found the new Messiah by the star.
horrid stillness tempest
An horrid stillness first invades the ear, / And in that stillness we the tempest fear.
arms business hasten short
Of seeming arms to make a short essay, / Then hasten to be drunk, the business of the day.
god king nor pampered people
God's pampered people whom, debauched with ease, / No king could govern, nor no God could please.
mercy reason rule
Reason to rule but mercy to forgive: the first is law; the last, prerogative.
coming fate flow friend ground last lay stand struck tears
If this were the last day of your life, my friend Tell me, what do you think you would do then? Stand up to the blow, that fate has struck upon you? Make the most of all you still have coming to you? or Lay down on the ground and let the tears flow f
He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, and whistled as he went, for want of a thought
He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student.
die lost loved
He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved me better than his life; he lost it for me
glad
The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, / The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!
beginnings mighty small viewing
By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid, art, makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.
giant theirs
Theirs was the giant race, before the flood.
estate found whom
Beggared by fools! whom still he found too late, He had his jest, but they had his estate
angel drew mortal raised
He raised a mortal to the skies; / She drew an angel down.