John Dryden Quotes About Poetry

Quotes about: Poetry

• Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

  John Dryden

  Dance, Ballet Class, Feet

  John Dryden (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of John Dryden (Illustrated)”, p.1562, Delphi Classics

• Doeg, though without knowing how or why,
  Made still a blundering kind of melody;
  Spurr'd boldly on, and dash'd through thick and thin,
  Through sense and nonsense, never out nor in;
  Free from all meaning whether good or bad,
  And in one word, heroically mad.

  John Dryden

  Knowing, Mad, Poetry

  John Dryden (1873). “Poetical Works: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations”, p.69

• A satirical poet is the check of the laymen on bad priests.

  John Dryden

  Poetry, Checks, Priests

  John Dryden (2016). “The Works of John Dryden, Vol.2: Top English Literature”, p.292, VM eBooks

• Heroic poetry has ever been esteemed the greatest work of human nature.

  John Dryden

  Poetry, Heroic, Human Nature

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