Quotes from Annus Mirabilis — John Dryden
1631–1700 England
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An infant waking to the paps would press,
And meets, instead of milk, a falling tear.
Annus Mirabilis (1667)
And threat'ning France, plac'd like a painted Jove,
Kept idle thunder in his lifted hand.
Annus Mirabilis (1667)
By viewing Nature, Nature's handmaid Art,
Makes mighty things from small beginnings grow.
Annus Mirabilis (1667)
Our greedy seamen rummage every hold,
Smile on the booty of each wealthier chest;
And, as the priests who with their gods make bold,
Take what they like, and sacrifice the rest.
Annus Mirabilis (1667)
So close behind some promontory lie
The huge Leviathan to attend their prey,
And give no chance, but swallow in the fry,
Which through their gaping jaws mistake the way.
Annus Mirabilis (1667)