Famous Quotes | But he has now another taste of...
But he has now another taste of Wit;
And, to confess a truth (though out of time,)
Grows weary of his long-loved mistress Rhyme.
Passion’s too fierce to be in fetters bound,
And Nature flies him like enchanted ground:
- John Dryden
Attribution: John Dryden (1631–1700), British poet. Aureng-Zebe (l. 6–10). . . Fifteen Poets; Chaucer to Arnold. (1941) Oxford University Press.
Categories: Passion, Wit
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