John Dryden
John Dryden
John Drydenwas an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made England's first Poet Laureate in 1668...
age begin time tis
Tis well an old age is out, And time to begin a new.
age beast begin brought chase lovers piece thy time wars
All, all of a piece throughout; / Thy chase had a beast in view; / Thy wars brought nothing about; / Thy lovers were all untrue. / 'Tis well an old age is out, / And time to begin a new.
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.
time simple years
Love and Time with reverence use, Treat them like a parting friend: Nor the golden gifts refuse Which in youth sincere they send: For each year their price is more, And they less simple than before.
time today tomorrow
Tomorrow do thy worst, I have lived today.
time writing brass
And write whatever Time shall bring to pass With pens of adamant on plates of brass.
running time race
Swift was the race, but short the time to run.
alone careful coin determine people spend time time-and-time-management valuable
Time is the most valuable coin in your life. You and you alone will determine how that coin will be spent. Be careful that you don't let other people spend it for you.
close eyes far meet sit souls touch
Our souls sit close and silently within, And their own webs from their own entrails spin; And when eyes meet far off, our sense is such, That, spider-like, we feel the tenderest touch
mercy reason rule
Reason to rule but mercy to forgive: the first is law; the last, prerogative.
false whipped
Who, for false quantities, was whipped at school.
candidate heaven
While yet a young probationer, / And candidate of heaven.
heaps
To see and to be seen, in heaps they run; / Some to undo, and some to be undone.
bones corners four rattling together
When rattling bones together fly, / From the four corners of the sky.