“Then old age and experience, hand in hand, Lead him to death, and make him understand, After a search so painful and so long, That all his life he has been in the wrong.”

About John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester

Poet • English

John Wilmot, the 2nd Earl of Rochester, was a prominent English poet, courtier, and satirist in the Restoration court of King Charles II. Known for his libertine lifestyle and witty, often scandalous poetry, he became a...