Frasi di John Oldham (poeta)

John Oldham è stato un poeta inglese, pioniere dell'imitazione della satira latina in inglese.

✵ 9. Agosto 1653 – 9. Dicembre 1683
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John Oldham (poeta): Frasi in inglese

“Curse on the man who business first designed,
And by't enthralled a freeborn lover's mind!”

John Oldham (poet)

Complaining of Absence, 11; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).

“While some no other cause for life can give
But a dull habitude to live.”

John Oldham (poet)

To the Memory of Norwent, Paragraph 5; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).

“Ah, dearer than my soul…
Dearer than light, or life, or fame.”

John Oldham (poet)

Lament for Saul and Jonathan; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).

“Altho' your frailer part must yield to Fate,
By every breach in that fair lodging made,
Its blest inhabitant is more displayed.”

John Oldham (poet)

To Madam L. E. on her Recovery, 106; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).

“Lord of myself, accountable to none,
But to my conscience, and my God alone.”

John Oldham (poet)

Satire addressed to a Friend, line 36; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).

“And should you visit now the seats of bliss,
You need not wear another form but this.”

John Oldham (poet)

To Madam L. E. on her Recovery, 116; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).