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.
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.