Dryden

Famous quotes containing the word dryden:

    But what we gain’d in Skill we lost in Strength.
    Our Builders were with Want of Genius curst;
    The second Temple was not like the first;
    Till you, the best Vitruvius, come at length,
    Our Beauties equal, but excel our Strength.
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    Calms appear, when Storms are past;
    Love will have his Hour at last:
    Nature is my kindly Care;
    Mars destroys, and I repair;
    Take me, take me, while you may,
    Venus comes not ev’ry Day.
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony
    This universal Frame began:
    From Harmony to Harmony
    Through all the Compass of the Notes it ran,
    The Diapason closing full in Man.
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)