William Drummond
William Drummond
William Drummond, called "of Hawthornden", was a Scottish poet...
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth13 December 1585
deserts greatest last rough
The last and greatest herald of Heaven's King, / Girt with rough skins, hies to the deserts wild.
safety silence mouths
Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.
life long brave
So that my life be brave, what though not long?
marriage sweet delight
What sweet delight a quiet life affords.
solitude eternal-love world
Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love.
sad weed kings
My thoughts hold mortal strife, I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries, Peace to my soul to bring, Oft calls that prince which here doth monarchize; But he, grim-grinning king, Who caitiffs scorns and doth the blest surprise, Late having deck'd with beauty's rose his tomb, Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come.
french-writer self-knowledge study
I study myself more than any other subject; it is my metaphysic, and my physic.
art french-writer study thee thou
Study what thou art Whereof thou art a part What thou knowest of this art This is really what thou art. All that is without thee also is within.