Edmund Waller quotes

Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene. (Edmund Waller)
Go, lovely rose! Tell her that wastes her time and me That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. View quote
Edmund Waller
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. View quote
Edmund Waller
Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot. View quote
Edmund Waller
How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair! View quote
Edmund Waller
Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse. View quote
Edmund Waller
Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek. View quote
Edmund Waller
For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love. While I listen to thy Voice. View quote
Edmund Waller
That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which on the shaft that made him die Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. View quote
Edmund Waller
Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. View quote
Edmund Waller
Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke. (Edmund Waller)
My joy, my grief, my hope, my love, Did all within this circle move! View quote
Edmund Waller
Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain. View quote
Edmund Waller
Stronger by weakness, wiser men become. View quote
Edmund Waller
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. View quote
Edmund Waller
The yielding marble of her snowy breast. View quote
Edmund Waller
The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made; Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new. View quote
Edmund Waller
In such green palaces the first kings reign'd, Slept in their shades, and angels entertain'd With such old counsellors they did advise, And by frequenting sacred groves grew wise. View quote
Edmund Waller
To man, that was in th' evening made, Stars gave the first delight; Admiring, in the gloomy shade, Those little drops of light. View quote
Edmund Waller
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. View quote
Edmund Waller
To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below! (Edmund Waller)
His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught. View quote
Edmund Waller
The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more! View quote
Edmund Waller
Others may use the ocean as their road; Only the English make it their abode. View quote
Edmund Waller
Give us enough but with a sparing hand. View quote
Edmund Waller