John Oldham (poet) Quotes

John Oldham was an English satirical poet and translator.

✵ 9. August 1653 – 9. December 1683
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Famous John Oldham (poet) Quotes

“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).

“I wear my Pen as others do their Sword.
To each affronting sot I meet, the word
Is Satisfaction: straight to thrusts I go,
And pointed satire runs him through and through.”

Satire upon a Printer, line 36; 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.”

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).

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