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Nicholas Rowe (1674β1718), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer, was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715.
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βIs this that haughty gallant, gay Lothario?β
βAt length the morn and cold indifference came.β
βAs if Misfortune made the throne her seat,
And none could be unhappy but the great.β
And none could be unhappy but the great.β
βYour bounty is beyond my speaking;
But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you.β
But though my mouth be dumb, my heart shall thank you.β
βAnd one false step entirely damns her fame.
In vain with tears the loss she may deplore,
In vain look back on what she was before;
She sets like stars that fall, to rise no more.β
In vain with tears the loss she may deplore,
In vain look back on what she was before;
She sets like stars that fall, to rise no more.β
βThou hast prevaricated with thy friend,
By underhand contrivances undone me:
And while my open nature trusted in thee,
Thou hast slept in between me and my hopes,
And ravish'd from me all my soul held dear.
Thou hast betray'd me.β
By underhand contrivances undone me:
And while my open nature trusted in thee,
Thou hast slept in between me and my hopes,
And ravish'd from me all my soul held dear.
Thou hast betray'd me.β
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Nicholas Rowe on War 2 quotes
βWar, the needy bankrupt's last resort.β
Nicholas Rowe on Pride
βIs this that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario?β
Nicholas Rowe on Morning
βAt length the morn and cold indifference came.β
Nicholas Rowe on Beneficence
Nicholas Rowe on Misfortune
βAs if Misfortune made the Throne her Seat, And none could be unhappy but the Great.β
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Nicholas Rowe on Women 3 quotes
βBeshrew my heart, but it is wondβrous strange; Sure there is something more than witchcraft in them, That masters evβn the wisest of us all.β
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Samuel Johnson on Nicholas Rowe
β[Rowe's] version of Lucan is one of the greatest productions of English poetry; for there is, perhaps, none that so completely exhibits the genius and spirit of the original. Lucan is distinguished by a kind of dictatorial or philosophick dignity, rather, as Quintilian observes, declamatory than poetical; full of ambitious morality and pointed sentences, comprised in vigorous and animated lines. This character Rowe has very diligently and successfully preserved. ... The Pharsalia of Rowe deserves more notice than it obtains, and, as it is more read, will be more esteemed.β
About Nicholas Rowe
Nicholas Rowe (1674β1718), English dramatist, poet and miscellaneous writer, was appointed Poet Laureate in 1715.