The World Well Lost
"Men are but children of a larger growth."
-- "All for Love or The World Well Lost: A Tragedy" by John Dryden (1631-1700)
And aged, too, men are but aged children and aware of their dying - don't forget that! It makes for a more poignant picture.
Dryden takes his own shot, after Shakespeare, at the tragic romance of Antony and Cleopatra. He focuses more on the two lovers and is worth the read. I want to keep here one more quotation. It comes when Antony is dying and he and Cleopatra are exchanging their last sentiments. She tells him, "Your words are like the notes of dying swans."
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"And fame to late posterity shall tell,
No lovers lived so great, or died so well."
-- J. D.
-- "All for Love or The World Well Lost: A Tragedy" by John Dryden (1631-1700)
And aged, too, men are but aged children and aware of their dying - don't forget that! It makes for a more poignant picture.
Dryden takes his own shot, after Shakespeare, at the tragic romance of Antony and Cleopatra. He focuses more on the two lovers and is worth the read. I want to keep here one more quotation. It comes when Antony is dying and he and Cleopatra are exchanging their last sentiments. She tells him, "Your words are like the notes of dying swans."
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"And fame to late posterity shall tell,
No lovers lived so great, or died so well."
-- J. D.