Lord of myself, accountable to none, but to my conscience, and my God alone.
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While some no other cause for life can give, but a dull habitude to live.
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Birth: | 9th August, 1653 |
Death: | 9th December, 1683 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Poet, Translator |
John Oldham was born in Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, England. He was an English satirical poet and translator. He studied at the University of Oxford. He wrote a poem, entitled The Poems of John Oldham. His best-known works are A Satire Upon a Woman Who by Her Falsehood and Scorn Was the Death of My Friend, written in 1678 and A Satire against Virtue, written in 1679.
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