Tag Archives: Absolom and Architophel

Obama: From Patience to Fury

By Robin Bates | Published: August 27, 2020

Dryden’s “beware the fury of a patient man” applies to the speech that Obama gave last week at the Democratic National Convention.

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Dryden Had Trump’s Number

By Robin Bates | Published: August 14, 2018

Dryden’s “Absolom and Architophel” describes unscrupulous politicians that we would find familiar today.

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After Paris: Dryden on Dangers of Hysteria

By Robin Bates | Published: January 14, 2015

In “Absolom and Architophel,” Dryden warns against unscrupulous figures exploiting the hysteria following plots like the Paris massacre.

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A Holiday Gathering of the Bates Clan

By Robin Bates | Published: December 22, 2014

The holiday gathering of our family has me thinking of Sir Walter’s Scott’s poem about the gathering of the MacGregor clan.

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Beware the Fury of a Patient Man

By Robin Bates | Published: July 25, 2011

“Beware the anger of a patient man.” This line from John Dryden’s “Absolom and Architophel” occurred to me as I was listening to President Obama’s speech this past Friday. Does the poem have any predictive value when it comes to our budget impasse?

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