John Dyer

John Dyer

Summary

Portrait of John Dyer John Dyer,  Grongar Hill (1726)

“ A little rule, a little sway,
A sunbeam in a winter's day,
Is all the proud and mighty have
Between the cradle and the grave.
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Portrait of John Dyer John Dyer,  Grongar Hill (1726)

“ So little distant dangers seem:
So we mistake the Future's face,
Ey'd thro' Hope's deluding glass:
As yon summits soft and fair,
Clad in colours of the air,
Which to those who journey near,
Barren, brown, and rough appear;
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