Selected Poems
Dryden was the first English poet to make criticism and satire into high art at the same time.
“Great wits are sure to madness near allied, / And thin partitions do their bounds divide.”
Why It Matters
Dryden was the first English poet to make criticism and satire into high art at the same time. He set the template for Augustan poetry — polished, public, devastatingly witty — and Pope, Swift, and Johnson all built on his foundation. He essentially created the role of the public intellectual poet in English.
The 
Take
Personal reviewOnly read a few of the poems .Fun how much he hates his poetic rivals, origins rap battle. Also I enjoy reading Greek and Roman classics in heroic couplets more than most other translations
Notable Quotes
“Farewell, too little, and too lately known.”
“Beware the fury of a patient man.”