John Dryden ( 10 of 157 )
Hard features every bungler can command:
To draw true beauty shows a master's hand.
Hard features every bungler can command:
To draw true beauty shows a master's hand.
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
Whatever is, is in its causes just.
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
Youth should watch joys and shoot them as they fly.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
According to her cloth she cut her coat.
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
His ignorance is encyclopedic.
Beware of the fury of the patient man. -John Dryden.
Beware of the fury of the patient man. -John Dryden.
Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,
The power of beauty I remember yet,
Which once read more
Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit,
The power of beauty I remember yet,
Which once inflam'd my soul, and still inspires my wit.
Long stood the noble youth oppress'd with awe,
And stupid at the wondrous things he saw,
Surpassing read more
Long stood the noble youth oppress'd with awe,
And stupid at the wondrous things he saw,
Surpassing common faith, transgressing nature's law.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
For that can power give more than food and drink,
To live at ease, and not be bound to read more
For that can power give more than food and drink,
To live at ease, and not be bound to think?
