| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 17857 |
| QUOTATION: | Yet this I Prophesie; Thou shalt be seen,
(Tho’ with some short Parenthesis between:)
High on the Throne of Wit; and, seated there,
Nor mine (that’s little) but thy Lawrel wear, |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Dryden (1631–1700), British poet. To My Dear Friend Mr. Congreve (l. 51–54). . .
Oxford Anthology of English Literature, The, Vols. I–II. Frank Kermode and John Hollander, general eds. (1973) Oxford University Press (Also published as six paperback vols.: Medieval English Literature, J. B. Trapp, ed.; The Literature of Renaissance England, John Hollander and Frank Kermode, eds.; The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, Martin Price, ed.; Romantic Poetry and Prose, Harold Bloom and Lionel Trilling, eds.; Victorian Prose and Poetry, Lionel Trilling and Harold Bloom, eds.; Modern British Literature, Frank Kermode and John Hollander, eds.). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Dryden Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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