The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
Since thou wouldst needs, bewitched with some ill charms, Be buried in those monumental arms: As we can wish, is, may that earth lie light Upon thy t… - Edmund Waller
Since thou wouldst needs, bewitched with some ill charms, Be buried in those monumental arms: As we can wish, is, may that earth lie light Upon thy t…
- Edmund Waller
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. - Edmund Waller
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends. - Edmund Waller
The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends.
All things but one you can restore; the heart you get returns no more. - Edmund Waller
All things but one you can restore; the heart you get returns no more.
Stronger by weakness, wiser men become. - Edmund Waller
Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
Virtue's a stronger guard than brass. - Edmund Waller
Virtue's a stronger guard than brass.
But virtue too, as well as vice, is clad in flesh and blood. - Edmund Waller
But virtue too, as well as vice, is clad in flesh and blood.
Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. - Edmund Waller
Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.
Seeming devotion does but gild a knave, That's neither faithful, honest, just, nor brave; But where religion does with virtue join, It makes a hero l… - Edmund Waller
Seeming devotion does but gild a knave, That's neither faithful, honest, just, nor brave; But where religion does with virtue join, It makes a hero l…
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