More from John, 2nd Earl of Rochester Wilmot

  1. There's not a thing on earth that I can name, So foolish, and so false, as common fame.
  2. For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best good man with the worst-natured muse.
  3. It is a good world to live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in; But to beg or to borrow, or to get a man's own, It is the very worst wo…
  4. Angels listen when she speaks: She 's my delight, all mankind's wonder; But my jealous heart would break Should we live one day asunder.
  5. Dead we become the lumber of the world.
  6. Then talk not of Inconstancy, False Hearts, and broken Vows; If I, by Miracle, can be This live-long Minute true to thee, 'Tis all that Hea…
  7. So, when my Days of Impotence approach, And I'm by Pox and Wine's unlucky chance Driv'n from the pleasing Billows of debauch On the dull Sh…
  8. The world appears like a great family, Whose lord, oppressed with pride and poverty, (That to the few great bounty he may show) Is fain to …

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