Her wit was more than man, her innocence a child.
-- John Dryden (1631-1700)
-- Elegy on Mrs. Killegrew, Line 70
-- John Dryden (1631-1700)
-- Elegy on Mrs. Killegrew, Line 70
Related:
- Since heaven's eternal year is thine.
-- John Dryden (1631-1700)
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Elegy on Mrs. Killegrew, Line... - O gracious God! how far have we
Profan'd thy heavenly gift of poesy!
John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Elegy on Mrs. Killegrew... - She knows her man, and when you rant and swear,
Can draw you to her with a single hair.
John Dryden (1631-1700) -- Persius, Satire v, Line... - Wit will shine
Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
John Dryden (1631-1700) -- To the Memory of Mr. Oldham... - So softly death succeeded life in her,
She did but dream of heaven,
and she was there. -- John Dryden (1631-1700) --... - Enjoy your dear wit and gay rhetoric,
That hath so well been taught her dazzling fence.
John Milton (1608-1674) -- Comus, Line... - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought
Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught.
The wise for cure on exercise depend; God never made... - Here lies my wife: her let her lie!
Now she's at rest,
and so am I. -- John Dryden, epitaph intended for... - With her body, woman is more sincere than man; but with her mind
she lies.
And when she lies, she does not believe herself. ...
