John Oldham (poet)

thumb|John Oldham John Oldham (August 9, 1653 – December 9, 1683) was an English satirical poet and translator. Quotes 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 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 Curse on the man who business first designed,And by't enthralled a freeborn lover's mind! Complaining of Absence, 11 While some no other cause for life can give But a dull habitude to live. To the Memory of Norwent, Paragraph 5 Ah, dearer than my soul…Dearer than light, or life, or fame. Lament for Saul and Jonathan I wear my Pen as others do their Sword.To each affronting sot I meet, the wordIs Satisfaction: straight to thrusts I go,And pointed satire runs him through and through. Satire upon a Printer, line 36 Lord of myself, accountable to none,But to my conscience, and my God alone. Satire addressed to a Friend, line 36 External links John Oldham Author:John Oldham Category:1653 births Category:1683 deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Satirists from England Category:Translators from England