Quote #7
For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best good man with the worst-natured muse.
More from John, 2nd Earl of Rochester Wilmot
- A merry monarch, scandalous and poor.
- 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.
- There's not a thing on earth that I can name, So foolish, and so false, as common fame.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Dead we become the lumber of the world.
- Thus, Statesman-like, I'll saucily impose, And, safe from Danger, valiantly advise; Sheltered in Impotence, urge you to Blows, And, being g…