John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
closing compass frame full harmony heavenly notes universal
From harmony, from heavenly harmony / This universal frame began: / From harmony to harmony / Through all the compass of the notes it ran, / The diapason closing full in Man.
bless malicious man office proud seldom slave
Fortune, that with malicious joy, Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleas'd to bless
coming fate flow friend ground last lay stand struck tears
If this were the last day of your life, my friend Tell me, what do you think you would do then? Stand up to the blow, that fate has struck upon you? Make the most of all you still have coming to you? or Lay down on the ground and let the tears flow f
die lost loved
He loved me well: so well he could but die - To show he loved me better than his life; he lost it for me
glad
The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, / The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!
again bleed fight lay rise wounded
I'm a little wounded but I'm not slain; I will lay me down for to bleed awhile, Then I'll rise and fight with you again
god king nor pampered people
God's pampered people whom, debauched with ease, / No king could govern, nor no God could please.
He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, and whistled as he went, for want of a thought
He who purposes to be an author, should first be a student.
allied bounds divide great madness near sure thin wits
Great wits are sure to madness near allied - And thin partitions do their bounds divide
battles fought
Fought all his battles o'er again; / And thrice he routed all his foes; and thrice he slew the slain.
married past three within
I am to be married within these three days; married past redemption.
affect gravity men name solid wanting wit
Those wanting wit affect gravity and go by the name of solid men
affects assumes ears monarch seems shake
With ravished ears / The monarch hears, / Assumes the god, / Affects to nod, / And seems to shake the spheres.