Umzobo ngumzobi waseJamani uGottfried Kneller. Igalari yeSizwe eLondon.
UJohn dryden Wayeyimbongi, umbhali wemidlalo edlalwayo kunye nomgxeki kwezoncwadi oyintloko ixesha loncwadi lwe Ukubuyiselwa kwesiNgesi kaCarlos II. Ngapha koko, yaziwa njenge Ixesha leDryden. Namhlanje ziyazaliseka 320 iminyaka ukufa kwakhe. Ndijonga kwakhona i-biografi yakhe kwaye ndakhetha amanye amabinzana kunye namaqhekeza emisebenzi yakhe.
UJohn dryden
UJohn dryden wazalwa e Intsapho (Northamptonshire) ngo-1631 kusapho lwamaPuritan olunabantwana abalishumi elinesine.
Ndifunda kwi Isikolo iWestminster kunye College College ukusuka eCambridge, kwaye wayesebenza Londres noNobhala welizwe Cromwell. Kodwa ukususela ebutsheni bakhe waqala ukupapasha isihobe.
Nditshatile Inenekazi Elizabeth Howard kwaye wayenabantwana abathathu kwaye wabhala imidlalo emva kokuba kuvulwe iithiyetha, zavalwa yi-Puritan ban. Ngabo, ngaphandle kwezibonelelo ezilungileyo, wabeka imeko kunye nesitayile esiza kubonakala kwifowuni Udliwanondlebe loBuyiselo. Yiyo ke loo nto eye waphumelela ukwamkelwa njengomnye wabadlali ababalulekileyo ababalulekileyo elizweni. Kwaye kwaqaqanjiswa njani umguquli odidi IsiLatin nesiGrike.
Eminye yemisebenzi yakhe edumileyo yayi:
Imisebenzi kaVirgil, imbasa, Ukuhlala ngobuqhawe, Uqhwithela, Isincoko esikwisihobe sedrama, UAbhisalom noAjitofel (Ngokucacileyo okucacileyo kukaJohn Milton kunye naye Iparadesi elahlekileyo), Uthando lwasemva kwemini, Umlawuli waseIndiya, Uloyiso lweGranada, Umtshato wefashoni, Konke ngothando, Imazi yebhokhwe kunye ne-panther okanye yakhe Ode ku-Saint Cecilia.
Wafa Meyi 12, 1700 kunye Ukuhlala kwakhe kuphumla kwikona edumileyo yeembongi ze I-abbey yaseWestminster eLondon.
Amabinzana akhethiweyo
- Ikhaya kufuneka libe yindawo yokuzimela engcwele.
- Iimpazamo, njengeebhleyidi, zilahlekile emhlabeni; Ukuba ufuna ukukhangela iiperile, kuya kufuneka ungene nzulu.
- Le porcelain yodongwe yoluntu.
- Uthando sesona buthathaka sibalaseleyo somoya.
- Impambano lulonwabo oluthile olwaziwa kuphela ligeza.
- Ngumntu kuphela othintela ulonwabo ngokutshabalalisa into enokuba yiyo.
- Iintlungu zothando zimnandi kakhulu kunazo zonke ezinye iziyolo.
- Zonke izikumkani azilutho ngaphandle kwamandla athembekileyo.
- Ubutyebi bakhe babebukhulu, kodwa yayinkulu intliziyo yakhe.
- Akabuva ubungozi, kuba akasazi isono.
- Ndonzakele kancinci, kodwa andikafi. Ndizakulala phantsi okwexeshana. Emva koko ndiza kuvuka ndilwe kwakhona.
- Lonke ulonwabo olunokufezekiswa luBuntu alukho kulonwabo, kodwa ekuphumleni kwintlungu.
- Uthando sesona buthathaka sibalaseleyo somoya.
Ode ukuya kwi-Saint Cecilia (iqhekeza)
Kwakubhalwe kwi 1687 igunyaziswe ngu Umbutho woMculo waseLondon ababesele beququzelele umnyhadala wonyaka nge-22 kaNovemba, ngewonga lika Ingcwele yomxhasi.
Lo mbongo, ophakamisa amandla omculo ukufezekisa imvisiswano kwihlabathi eligcwele sisiphithiphithi kwaye lisimema ukuba sizive ngokupheleleyo ebomini bethu. Umqambi UFriedrich Handel beka umculo ngohlobo lwe cantata en 1739.
Umculo oNgcwele
Nguwuphi umnqweno ongavusiyo kwaye ongalawuliyo?
Xa ujubal ozukileyo
Uhadi lweengoma lwalwenza imitya,
Abantakwabo bamphulaphula,
Kwaye kwanothuli amabunzi aqubuda
Ukuhlonela isipeliti esongamileyo.
Oko akukho ngaphantsi kothixo abacingelayo
Gcina oko kumangalisa
Ukuba wathetha nabo ephefumla kamnandi.
Umculo oNgcwele
Nguwuphi umnqweno ongavusiyo kwaye ongalawuliyo?
Thumela uphondo lwentsimbi
Ukuba isiciko sele sophukile,
Umsindo uyavutha, kunye nomlo
Sesiphi isaqhwithi esiqhekezayo.
Ukuphinda-phinda, ukuphinda-phinda okungummangaliso
Kwabagubhi abatsholozayo
Khuthaza abo balwayo baneenkani,
Qhubeka! Qhubeka! ukuphinda.
Iimpawu ezimnandi
Imbande elililayo
Ngothando olusizi
Kwintloni enye iyayithanda,
Apho ithemba liyakhala.
Uvakalise ivayolin
Inkuthazo yalowo uthanda
Inenekazi elidelelayo;
Ikhwele elixhoba,
Umsindo omtshisayo.