John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
condensed deeper english-poet words
If you be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed the deeper they burn.
action genius pains taught
Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, But Genius must be born; and never can be taught
few inhabited knowing
Look around the inhabited world; how few know their own good, or knowing it, pursue.
earth kindly welcome
Welcome as kindly showers to the long parched earth.