Famous quotes containing the words english and/or poets:
“The Tragi-Comedy, which is the Product of the English Theatre, is one of the most monstrous Inventions that ever entered into a Poet’s Thoughts. An Author might as well think of weaving the Adventures of Aeneas and Hudibras into one Poem, as of writing such a motly [sic] Piece of Mirth and Sorrow.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him.”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)