John Pomfret

John Pomfret (1667 – 1702) was an English poet and clergyman.

Quotes

 * Wine whets the wit, improves its native force…
 * The Choice.


 * We bear it calmly, though a ponderous woe, And still adore the hand that gives the blow.
 * Verses to his Friend under Affliction. Compare: " Bless the hand that gave the blow", John Dryden, The Spanish Friar (1681), Act ii. Sc. 1.


 * Heaven is not always angry when he strikes, But most chastises those whom most he likes.
 * Verses to his Friend under Affliction.


 * We live and learn, but not the wiser grow.
 * Reason: A Poem, 1700.