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John Wilmot

Born

in Ditchley, Oxfordshire, England, The United Kingdom

April 01, 1647

Died

July 26, 1680

Genre

Poetry

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See John Wilmot Rochester for pseudonymous works by the Russian spiritualist V.I. Kryzhanovskaya.

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester was an English libertine, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry.

He was the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts. He married an heiress, Elizabeth Malet, but had many mistresses, including the actress Elizabeth Barry and drank himself to death at the tender age of 33.
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	The Complete Poems by John Wilmot, Frank H. Ellis (Editor) 4.07 avg rating — 416 ratings — published 1963 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sodom, Or The Quintessence Of Debauchery (The New Traveller's Companion Series) 3.46 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1684 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Works by John Wilmot, H. Frank Ellis 3.81 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems by John Wilmot, Paul Davis (Editor) 3.70 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1680 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of The Earl of Rochester by John Wilmot, John Vieth (Editor) 3.85 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Satyr against Reason and Mankind 3.68 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1674	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Complete Works of John Wilmot by John Wilmot, Frank H. Ellis (Annotations) 4.22 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Debt to Pleasure: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: In the Eyes of His Contemporaries and in His Own Poetry and Prose (Fyfield Books) by John Wilmot, John Adlard (Editor) 4.23 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1974 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord Rochester (Everyman's Poetry Library #19) 3.83 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Letters of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester by John Wilmot, Jeremy Treglown (Editor) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Before I got married I had six theories about raising children; now, I have six children and no theories.”
― John Wilmot

tags: aging, children, fatherhood, marriage, parenting, theory

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“Now piercèd is her virgin zone;
She feels the foe within it.
She hears a broken amorous groan,
The panting lover's fainting moan,
Just in the happy minute.”
― John Wilmot, The Complete Poems

tags: orgasm, rape, sex, virginity

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“I have to speak my mind. Because what is in my mind is always more interesting than what is happening in the world outside my mind.”
― John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

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