Biography | Author’s Book |
Name: Mark Akenside | Find on Amazon India: Link |
Nationality: English | Find on Amazon: Link |
Profession: Poet | |
Born: 09-Nov-1721 | |
Death: 23-Jun-1770 |
The man forget not, though in rags he lies, and know the mortal through a crown’s disguise.
Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.
Such and so various are the tastes of men.
This was Shakespeare’s form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire.