Quote of the day
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
John Lydgate
Born: 1370
Died: 1450 (aged 80)
Bio: John Lydgate of Bury was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, near Haverhill, Suffolk, England.
Known for:
- Temple of glas
- Mummings and Entertainments
- The Assembly of Gods
- Lydgate 's Reson and Sensuallyte