John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
men judging long
When a man's life is under debate, The judge can ne'er too long deliberate.
i-miss-you missing-you long-distance-relationship
Love reckons hours for months, and days for years; and every little absence is an age.
birthday years long
What, start at this! when sixty years have spread. Their grey experience o'er thy hoary head? Is this the all observing age could gain? Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?
long driven length
For lawful power is still superior found, When long driven back, at length it stands the ground.
dream forgotten-things long
Dreams are but interludes that fancy makes... Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind.
pain long half
Long pains, with use of bearing, are half eased.
friendship men long
Men met each other with erected look, The steps were higher that they took; Friends to congratulate their friends made haste, And long inveterate foes saluted as they pass'd.
birthday long world
Or hast thou known the world so long in vain?
long wit
Ev'n wit's a burthen, when it talks too long.
buddhist anger long
Anger will never disappear so long as thoughts of resentment are cherished in the mind. Anger will disappear just as soon as thoughts of resentment are forgotten.
happiness long
They live too long who happiness outlive.
long earth guests
As when the dove returning bore the mark Of earth restored to the long labouring ark; The relics of mankind, secure at rest, Oped every window to receive the guest, And the fair bearer of the message bless'd.
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