Nature that fram'd us of four elements,
Warring within our breasts for regiment,
Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.
Source: Tamburlaine, in Tamburlaine the Great, pt. 1, act 2, sc. 7.
-- Christopher Marlowe, (Feb 6 1564-1593), English dramatist, poet; He was the first great English dramatist who established blank verse in The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus, 1604.