Samuel Daniel

Samuel Daniel

Poet

Samuel Daniel was an English poet and playwright known for his exploration of love and truth in works like 'The Complaint of Rosamond.'

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Born
January 1, 1563
Died
January 1, 1619
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About Samuel Daniel

Samuel Daniel — Life and Legacy

Samuel Daniel was a prominent English poet and playwright of the Renaissance, recognized for his profound exploration of love and truth. His notable work, 'The Complaint of Rosamond,' reflects his intricate understanding of human emotions and the conflicts that arise from them. Daniel's poetry often reveals a deep psychological insight, as seen in his assertion that 'Love is a sweet passion,' which encapsulates the duality of love's joy and pain. He challenged the conventional notions of love by portraying it as a complex, sometimes tormenting force that shapes human experience. Through his eloquent verses, Daniel invites readers to confront the contradictions inherent in love and the pursuit of truth. His ability to articulate these themes resonates with audiences today, as they continue to grapple with similar emotional complexities.

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"The stars that have most glory have no rest."

Stars Glory
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"Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been."

Sweet Morning Cheer
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"Thus doth the ever-changing course of things Run a perpetual circle, ever turning; And that same day, that highest glory brings, Brings us unto the point of back-returning."

Running Circles Glory
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"Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born; Relive my languish, and restore the light."

Brother Sleep Son
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"The greatest works of admiration, And all the fair examples of renown. Out of distress and misery are grown."

Fear Example Misery
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"And who in time knows whither we may vent the treasure of our tongue, to what strange shores this gain of our best glories shall be sent, 't unknowing Nations with our stores? What worlds in the yet unformed Occident may come refined with the accents that are ours?"

Communication May Tongue
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"Pow'r above pow'rs! O heavenly eloquence! That with the strong rein of commanding words, Dost manage, guide, and master th' eminence Of men's affections, more than all their swords!"

Strong Men Affection
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"Striving to tell his woes, words would not come; For light cares speak, when mighty griefs are dumb."

Grief Light Silence
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"Love is a sickness full of woes, All remedies refusing; A plant that with most cutting grows, Most barren with best using."

Love Cutting Woe
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"And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world."

Ears World
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"Th aspirer, once attaind unto the top, Cuts off those means by which himself got up."

Success Mean Cutting
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"The absent danger greater still appears less fears he who is near the thing he fears."

Danger Absent Stills
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"Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art."

Art Law Customs
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"Care-charmer Sleep, son of the sable Night, Brother to Death, in silent darkness born, Relieve my languish and restore the light; With dark forgetting of my care return. And let the day be time enough to mourn The shipwreck of my ill adventured youth: Let waking eyes suffice to wail their scorn Without the torment of the night's untruth."

Brother Time Sleep
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"When better cherries are not to be had, We needs must take the seeming best of bad."

Needs Cherries Seeming
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"The wise are above books."

Wise Book
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"But years hath done this wrong, To make me write too much, and live too long."

Writing Years Long
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