John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
time children men
Men are but children of a larger growth, Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.
passion men cheated
A man is to be cheated into passion, but to be reasoned into truth.
blow wind joy
The winds that never moderation knew, Afraid to blow too much, too faintly blew; Or out of breath with joy, could not enlarge Their straighten'd lungs or conscious of their charge.
brave unjust ruins
Fortune's unjust; she ruins oft the brave, and him who should be victor, makes the slave.
sight light scripture
Revealed religion first informed thy sight, and reason saw not till faith sprung to light.
men wind water
A good conscience is a port which is landlocked on every side, where no winds can possibly invade. There a man may not only see his own image, but that of his Maker, clearly reflected from the undisturbed waters.
love literature cures
But love's a malady without a cure.
freedom land sole
Freedom which in no other land will thrive, Freedom an English subject's sole prerogative.
truth saws telling-the-truth
I never saw any good that came of telling truth.
coquette plight vow
New vows to plight, and plighted vows to break.
kings people drones
Luxurious kings are to their people lost, They live like drones, upon the public cost.
revenge writing spite
Those who write ill, and they who ne'er durst write, Turn critics out of mere revenge and spite.
tyrants mind
Thou tyrant, tyrant Jealousy, Thou tyrant of the mind!
atheism world doe
The World to Bacon does not only owe it's present knowledge, but its future too.