1400 – 1700 CE
The rebirth of classical forms, sonnets, and humanist poetry.
Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, ease after war, death after life does greatly please
— Edmund Spenser
"Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, ease after war, death after life does ..."
Solitude sometimes is best society
— John Milton
"Solitude sometimes is best society"
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent
— John Donne
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent"
Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light
"Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light"
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mank…
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind"
Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness
"Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness"
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor
"It is the mind that maketh good or ill, that maketh wretch or happy, rich or poo..."
"The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known"
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven"
He who destroys a good book kills reason itself
"He who destroys a good book kills reason itself"
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of he..."
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful"
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