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John Dyer
10 quotes
“A little rule, a little sway, A sun beam in a winter’s day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave.”
John Dyer (1699–1757) said by 1757 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“See the rivers how they run Thro' woods and meads, in shade and sun, Sometimes swift, sometimes slow, Wave succeeding wave, they go A various journey to the deep, Like human life to endless sleep!”
John Dyer (1699–1757) said by 1757 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ever charming, ever new, When will the landskip tire the view?”
John Dyer (1699–1757) said by 1757 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“While the wanton Zephyr sings, And in the vale perfumes his wings.”
John Dyer (1699–1757) said by 1757 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So little distant dangers seem: So we mistake the future's face, Ey'd thro' hope's deluding glass: As yon summits soft and fair, Clad in colours of the air, Which to those who journey near, Barren, brown, and rough appear.”
John Dyer (1699–1757) said by 1757 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Disparting towers, Tumbling all precipitate down-dashed, Rattling around, loud thundering to the moon.”
John Dyer (1699–1757) said by 1757 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The solitary, silent, solemn scene, Where Caesars, heroes, peasants, hermits lie, Blended in dust together; where the slave Rests from his labours; where the insulting proud Resigns his power; the miser drops his hoard; Where human folly sleeps.”
John Dyer (1699–1757) said by 1757 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is a kindly mood of melancholy, That wings the soul, and points her to the skies.”
John Dyer (1699–1757) said by 1757 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view?”
John Dyer (1699–1757) said by 1757 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Disparting towers Trembling all precipitate down dash'd, Rattling around, loud thundering to the moon.”
John Dyer (1699–1757) said by 1757 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source