Maxioms by John Dryden
Skill'd in the globe and sphere, he gravely stands,
And, with his compass, measures seas and lands.
Skill'd in the globe and sphere, he gravely stands,
And, with his compass, measures seas and lands.
A horrid stillness first invades the ear,
And in that silence we the tempest fear.
A horrid stillness first invades the ear,
And in that silence we the tempest fear.
Ill news is wing'd with fate, and flies apace.
Ill news is wing'd with fate, and flies apace.
Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name.
Lord of oneself, uncumbered with a name.
When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!
When beauty fires the blood, how love exalts the mind!
