--- title: "1 Abode Quotes By William Davenant" description: "1 Abode quotes by William Davenant. Plus more from William Davenant and more Abode sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/william-davenant-21204_abode_to-a-mistress-dying-lover-your-beauty-ri_2581503.jpg" --- > [To a Mistress Dying Lover. YOUR beauty, ripe and calm and fresh As eastern summers are, Must now, forsaking time and flesh, Add light to some small star. Philosopher. Whilst she yet lives, were stars decay'd, Their light by hers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/to-a-mistress-dying-lover-your-beauty-ripe-and-calm-and-fresh-as/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/william-davenant-21204_abode_to-a-mistress-dying-lover-your-beauty-ri_2581503.jpg) ## Other authors on Abode ## More by William Davenant > [Honor is the moral conscience of the great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/honor-is-the-moral-conscience-of-the-great/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [Actions rare and sudden do commonly proceed from fierce necessity, of else from some oblique design, which is ashamed to show itself in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/actions-rare-and-sudden-do-commonly-proceed-from-fierce-necessity-of/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/since-knowledge-is-but-sorrow-s-spy-it-is-not-safe-to-know/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/calamity-is-the-perfect-glass-wherein-we-truly-see-and-know-ourselves/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [Aubade THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest, And climbing shakes his dewy wings. He takes this window for the East, And to implore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/aubade-the-lark-now-leaves-his-wat-ry-nest-and-climbing-shakes-his/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [Praise and Prayer PRAISE is devotion fit for mighty minds, The diff'ring world's agreeing sacrifice; Where Heaven divided faiths united finds: But Prayer in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/praise-and-prayer-praise-is-devotion-fit-for-mighty-minds-the-diff/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [For in a dearth of comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/for-in-a-dearth-of-comforts-we-art-taught-to-be-contented-with-the/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [Go! dive into the Southern Sea, and when Th'ast found, to trouble the nice sight of men, A swelling pearl, and such whose single…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/go-dive-into-the-southern-sea-and-when-th-ast-found-to-trouble-the/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [It is the wit and policy of sin to hate those we have abused.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/it-is-the-wit-and-policy-of-sin-to-hate-those-we-have-abused/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [How beautiful is sorrow when it is dressed by virgin innocence! it makes felicity in others seem deformed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/how-beautiful-is-sorrow-when-it-is-dressed-by-virgin-innocence-it/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [Generous souls Are still most subject to credulity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/generous-souls-are-still-most-subject-to-credulity/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [What one cannot, another can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/what-one-cannot-another-can/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [To be rich be diligent; move on Like heav'ns great movers that enrich the earth; Whose moment's sloth would show the world undone; And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/to-be-rich-be-diligent-move-on-like-heav-ns-great-movers-that-enrich/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [Small are the seeds fate does unheeded sow Of slight beginnings to important ends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/small-are-the-seeds-fate-does-unheeded-sow-of-slight-beginnings-to/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) > [Be not with honor's gilded baits beguil'd, Nor think ambition wise, because 'tis brave; For though we like it, as a forward child, 'Tis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-davenant/be-not-with-honor-s-gilded-baits-beguil-d-nor-think-ambition-wise/) [William Davenant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-davenant/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abode/william-davenant/#itemlist", "name": "1 Abode Quotes By William Davenant", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To a Mistress Dying Lover. 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