John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
brave soul treasure
That gloomy outside, like a rusty chest, contains the shoring treasure of a soul resolved and brave.
brave bravery fairs
None but the brave deserve the fair.
brave unjust ruins
Fortune's unjust; she ruins oft the brave, and him who should be victor, makes the slave.
brave pairs fairs
Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave deserves the fair.
men brave quarrels
A brave man scorns to quarrel once a day; Like Hectors in at every petty fray.
men bravery honor
The brave man seeks not popular applause, Nor, overpower'd with arms, deserts his cause; Unsham'd, though foil'd, he does the best he can, Force is of brutes, but honor is of man.
men bravery chance
The bravest men are subject most to chance.
giant theirs
Theirs was the giant race, before the flood.
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
danced days witness
Witness ye days and nights, and all ye hours, / That danced away with down upon your feet.
affect gravity men name solid wanting wit
Those wanting wit affect gravity and go by the name of solid men
cousin
Cousin Swift, you will never be a poet.
chose discourse nearest rugged verse
And this unpolished rugged verse I chose / As fittest for discourse and nearest prose.
though warm
And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm