John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
advice firsts ill
They first condemn that first advised the ill.
law lasts firsts
The first is the law, the last prerogative.
firsts fame sped
Fame then was cheap, and the first comer sped; And they have kept it since by being dead.
firsts students authorship
He who proposes to be an author should first be a student.
freedom firsts delight
O freedom, first delight of human kind!
men understanding firsts
They, who would combat general authority with particular opinion, must first establish themselves a reputation of understanding better than other men.
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
poor ten thousand torture word
And torture one poor word ten thousand ways.
child thus
And thus the child imposes on the man.
image scattered wide
And, wide as his command, / Scattered his Maker's image through the land.
age genius includes particular studies universal
Every age has a kind of universal genius, which includes those that live in it to some particular studies
glorious sons treason
During his office, treason was no crime. / The sons of Belial had a glorious time.
bless dying gave hand
Dying bless the hand that gave the blow.