John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
cure doctor exercise fee fields health hunt wise
Better to hunt in fields for health unbought than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend;
shun struggle
Better shun the bait, than struggle in the snare.
danced days witness
Witness ye days and nights, and all ye hours, / That danced away with down upon your feet.
men judging long
When a man's life is under debate, The judge can ne'er too long deliberate.
freedom democracies-have people
Nor is the people's judgment always true: the most may err as grossly as the few.
necessary raise revolutions-and-revolutionaries ruin true
Plots, true or false, are necessary things, to raise up commonwealths, and ruin kings.
deserves worlds
She deserves / More worlds than I can lose.
draw knows rant single
She knows her man, and when you rant or swear, / Can draw you to her with a single hair.
fond harmless household meant nature silly
Nature meant me a wife, a silly harmless household Dove, fond without art; and kind without deceit.
although bit cyberspace electronic issue reason tariff taxes true zone
The tariff issue is a bit different from that of taxes - although a tariff-free zone in cyberspace for electronic transmissions makes sense, the same is not true for taxes - there is no reason for cyberspace to be a tax haven,
broke expensive sins wisely
Did wisely from expensive sins refrain, / And never broke the Sabbath, but for gain.
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