John Wilmot
John Wilmot
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court. The Restoration reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era. Rochester was the embodiment of the new era, and he is as well known for his rakish lifestyle as his poetry, although the two were often interlinked. He died at the age of 33 from venereal disease...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth1 April 1647
great primitive straight time united
Ere time and place were, time and place were not; Where primitive nothing something straight begot; Then all proceeded from the great united what.
labor sorry stay watch
I'm sorry to see it happen. But who is going to stay in Marina on Labor Day (weekend) to watch a parade?
everybody knew money parade small town
I'd go to him for money for a parade and he'd give me an envelope. This town is a small town, so everybody knew him.
age hand life painful search
Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand,Lead him to death, and make him understand,After a search so painful and so long,That all his life he has been in the wrong.
age hand lead life painful search
Then Old Age and Experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him understand, After a search so painful and so long, That all his life he has been in the wrong.
move time
It's time for us to move this forward,
lows lays saviour
Whenever you preach, be sure that you lift the Saviour high and lay the sinner low.
drug theatre quality
The theatre is my drug. And my illness is so far advanced that my physic must be of the highest quality.
hate thrones france
All monarchs I hate, and the thrones they sit on, From the hector of France to the cully of Britain.
suits vices want
Nothing suits worse with vice than want of sense
dream dog doors
For Hell and the foul fiend that rules God's everlasting fiery jails (Devised by rogues, dreaded by fools), With his grim, grisly dog that keeps the door, Are senseless stories, idle tales, Dreams, whimseys, and no more.
law strange constancy
Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange.
children orphan late
Late children are early orphans.
passion mind innocence
Love, the most generous passion of the mind The softest refuge innocence can find