1400 – 1700 CE
The rebirth of classical forms, sonnets, and humanist poetry.
Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mank…
— John Donne
"Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind"
"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful"
Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light
— John Milton
"Long is the way and hard, that out of hell leads up to light"
Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven
"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven"
"The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known"
He who destroys a good book kills reason itself
"He who destroys a good book kills reason itself"
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 ..."
Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies
"Love built on beauty, soon as beauty, dies"
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..."
Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness
"Sweet is the love that comes alone with willingness"
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of he..."
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent
"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent"
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