Thomas Otway
Thomas Otway
Thomas Otwaywas an English dramatist of the Restoration period, best known for Venice Preserv'd, or A Plot Discover'd...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDramatist
english-dramatist labour loads shining
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labour to overcome the cloud that loads 'em.
honesty hands coward
Honesty was a cheat invented first To bind the hands of bold deserving rogues, That fools and cowards might sit safe in power, And lord it uncontroll'd above their betters.
death dies decency
And die with decency.
sleep littles poor
The poor sleep little.
love-is treasure rich
If love be treasure, we'll be wondrous rich.
clouds shining tears
Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.
spring eye home
Home I would go But that my doors are hateful to my eyes, Fill'd and damm'd up with gaping creditors, Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.
may proud speak
I may boldly speak In right, though proud oppression will not hear me!
together misery moments
Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together.
men mind noble
Ere man's corruptions made him wretched, he Was born most noble that was born most free; Each of himself was lord; and unconfin'd Obey'd the dictates of his godlike mind.
apples damn mankind
And for an apple damn'd mankind.
justice lame blind
Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us.