Source: The works of John Dryden: now first collected in eighteen volumes. Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author
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“For mysterious things of faith, rely on the proponent, Heaven's authority.”
Source: Dryden: Selected Poems
“Pleasure never comes sincere to man; but lent by heaven upon hard usury.”
Source: The works of John Dryden: now first collected in eighteen volumes. Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author
“Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.”
Source: The Works of John Dryden, Volume XIV: Plays; The Kind Keeper, The Spanish Fryar, The Duke of Guise, and The Vindication
Source: The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales, and Translations
“The good we have enjoyed from Heaven's free will, and shall we murmur to endure the ill?”
Source: Dramatic works
“The love of liberty with life is given, And life itself the inferior gift of Heaven.”
Source: Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes
“So softly death succeeded life in her, She did but dream of heaven, and she was there.”
Source: The works of John Dryden: now first collected in eighteen volumes. Illustrated with notes, historical, critical, and explanatory, and a life of the author
Source: The Poetical Works of John Dryden
“The glorious lamp of heaven, the radiant sun, Is Nature's eye.”
Source: The Poems of John Dryden: 1693-1696
“Heaven be thanked, we live in such an age, When no man dies for love, but on the stage.”
Source: The Poetical Works of John Dryden: With Life and Critical Dissertation