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Category Archive: Edmund Waller

Edmund Waller Quote: “So must the writer, whose productions…”

So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.

August 18, 2021 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “And as pale sickness does invade…”

And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear.

August 18, 2021 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “The lark that shuns on lofty…”

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.

June 9, 2021 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “His love at once and dread…”

His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer’d and as God He taught.

May 16, 2021 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “A narrow compass! and yet there…”

A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that ‘s good, and all that ‘s fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.

April 1, 2021 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “All human things Of dearest value…”

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

March 16, 2021 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “Poets lose half the praise they…”

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.

February 9, 2021 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “The fear of hell, or aiming…”

The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest, savors too much of private interest.

December 27, 2020 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “Others may use the ocean as…”

Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode.

September 11, 2020 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Edmund Waller Quote: “Give us enough but with a…”

Give us enough but with a sparing hand.

July 13, 2020 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

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