John Oldham è stato un poeta inglese, pioniere dell'imitazione della satira latina in inglese.
“Curse on the man who business first designed,
And by't enthralled a freeborn lover's mind!”
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.”
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.”
Lament for Saul and Jonathan; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).
Satire upon a Printer, line 36; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).
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.”
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.”
To Madam L. E. on her Recovery, 116; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922).