Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (c. 1633 – 18 January 1685), English poet, was born in Ireland about 1630. He was a nephew of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, and was educated partly under a tutor at his uncle's seat in Yorkshire, partly at Caen in Normandy and partly at Rome.

Quotes

• My God, my Father, and my Friend,
  Do not forsake me at my end.
  • Translation of Dies Iræ.

Essay on Translated Verse (1684)

• Remember Milo's end,
  Wedged in that timber which he strove to rend.
  • Line 87.

• Then, seek a poet who your way does bend,
  And choose an author as you choose a friend;
  United by this sympathetic bond,
  You grow familiar, intimate and fond;
  Your thoughts, your words, your styles, your souls agree,
  No longer his interpreter, but he.
  • Line 95.

• Immodest words admit of no defence,
  For want of decency is want of sense.
  • Line 113.

• Hail mighty Maro! may that sacred name
  Kindle my breast with thy celestial flame;
  Sublime ideas and apt words infuse,
  The Muse instruct my voice, and thou inspire the Muse!
  • Line 173.

• Take pains the genuine meaning to explore,
  There sweat, there strain, tug the laborious oar;
  Search every comment that your care can find,
  Some here, some there, may hit the poet's mind.
  • Line 179.

• The multitude is always in the wrong.
  • Line 184.

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon on Wikipedia
• Works related to Author:Wentworth Dillon on Wikisource