Griefs assured are felt before they come.
JOHN DRYDENGriefs assured are felt before they come.
JOHN DRYDENOld as I am, for ladies’ love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet.
JOHN DRYDENIf passion rules, how weak does reason prove!
JOHN DRYDENPresence of mind and courage in distress, Are more than arrives to procure success?
JOHN DRYDENTruth is never to be expected from authors whose understanding is warped with enthusiasm.
JOHN DRYDENHim of the western dome, whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly eloquence.
JOHN DRYDENFor they can conquer who believe they can.
JOHN DRYDENFew know the use of life before ’tis past.
JOHN DRYDENSwift was the race, but short the time to run.
JOHN DRYDENAnd that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require.
JOHN DRYDENTrust on and think To-morrow will repay; To-morrow’s falser than the former day; Lies worse; and while it says, we shall be blest With some new Joys, cuts off what we possest.
JOHN DRYDENMighty things from small beginnings grow.
JOHN DRYDENWhen a man’s life is under debate, The judge can ne’er too long deliberate.
JOHN DRYDENI am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
JOHN DRYDENSet all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
JOHN DRYDENBut love’s a malady without a cure.
JOHN DRYDEN