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
far kids
Pete did a lot for the community, especially as far as young kids were concerned.
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.
age-and-aging applied bid dead fair fire flames frozen heat hermits might past restore return
E'en her fair hand, which might bid heat return To Frozen age, and make old hermits burn, Applied to my dead cinder, warms no more Than fire to ashes, could past flames restore
freedoms generous mere natural
Natural freedoms are but just:There's something generous in mere lust.
common earth fame
There's not a thing on earth that I can name, So foolish, and so false, as common fame.
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.
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.
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.
teaching love-life forgiving
I shall never forgive you for teaching me how to love life.
broken lovers fainting
Now piercèd is her virgin zone; She feels the foe within it. She hears a broken amorous groan, The panting lover's fainting moan, Just in the happy minute.
interesting mind world
I have to speak my mind. Because what is in my mind is always more interesting than what is happening in the world outside my mind.
interest-in-life libertine expenses
any experiment of interest in life will be carried out at your own expense
heat chemistry equal
Love's chemistry thrives best in equal heat.