John Cleveland quotes

Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom; Not made him wander, but continued him home. (John Cleveland)
The marigold, whose courtier's face Echoes the sun, and doth unlace Her at his rise, at his full stop Packs and shuts up her gaudy shop. View quote
John Cleveland
Like an ambassador that beds a queen With the nice caution of a sword between. View quote
John Cleveland
He that to ancient wreaths can bring no more From his own worth, dies bankrupt on the score. View quote
John Cleveland
Love melts the rigor which the rocks have bred; a flint will break upon a feather bed. View quote
John Cleveland
My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery. View quote
John Cleveland
I am no Poet here; my pen's the spout where the rain water of my eyes run out. View quote
John Cleveland