John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
freedom democracies-have people
Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
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.
free nature
I am as free as nature first made man.
freedom land sole
Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject's sole prerogative.
freedom men law
I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
heaven free-will endure
The good we have enjoyed from Heaven's free will, and shall we murmur to endure the ill?
freedom firsts delight
O freedom, first delight of human kind!
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