O souls, in whom no heavenly fire is found,
Fat minds, and ever grovelling on the ground!
We bring our manners to the blest abodes,
And think what pleases us must please the Gods.

(C) John Dryden
03/14/2017


Best Poems of John Dryden

• Happy The Man
• Farewell, Ungrateful Traitor!
• One Happy Moment
• Religio Laici
• Absalom And Achitophel
• Epilogue To "mithridates, King Of Pontus;" By Nathan Lee, 1678.
• The Flower And The Leaf: Or, The Lady In The Arbour.[1]
• O Souls, In Whom No Heavenly Fire
• A Prologue
• Why Should A Foolish Marriage Vow
• To The Pious Memory Of The Accomplished Young Lady Mrs. Anne Killigrew
• The Wife Of Bath Her Tale
• The Medal
• Mankind
• Heroic Stanzas On The Death Of Oliver Cromwell, Written After His Funeral.
• An Essay Upon Satire
• Hidden Flame
• The Secular Masque
• Te Deum
• Dreams
• An Epilogue