John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
foe
As one that neither seeks, nor shuns his foe.
gold glitter appearance
All, as they say, that glitters is not gold.
brave soul treasure
That gloomy outside, like a rusty chest, contains the shoring treasure of a soul resolved and brave.
anger men elephants
The elephant is never won by anger; nor must that man who would reclaim a lion take him by the teeth.
doubt age care
These are the effects of doting age,--vain doubts and idle cares and over caution.
advice firsts ill
They first condemn that first advised the ill.
views ideas causes
When we view elevated ideas of Nature, the result of that view is admiration, which is always the cause of pleasure.
travel home restless
Restless at home, and ever prone to range.
atheist vices triumph
Virtue in distress, and vice in triumph make atheists of mankind.
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.