All Edmund Waller Quotes
- The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they… Both
- How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair! Fair
- For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love. While I listen to thy Voice. All
- Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade And keeps that palace of the soul serene. Aid
- Music so softens and disarms the mind That not an arrow does resistance find. Arrow
- All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings. All
- Give us enough but with a sparing hand. Give
- His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught. Dread
- So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould. Inspirational
- Poets that lasting marble seek Must come in Latin or in Greek. Greek
- 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. Chain
- The fear of Hell, or aiming to be blest, Savors too much of private interest. This moved not Moses, nor the zealous Paul, Who for… Abandoned
- The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field. Boughs
- 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… Die
- The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more! Calm
- Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy. All
- And keeps the palace of the soul. Inspirational
- Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke. Flanders
- Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain. Cursed
- Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse. Acts