"Let now the chimneys blaze And cups o’erflow……" — Thomas Campion
"Let now the chimneys blaze And cups o’erflow with wine... The summer hath his joys, And winter his delights; Though love and all his pleasures are but toys, They shorten tedious nights."
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Thomas Campion
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15 Quotes by Thomas Campion
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There is a garden in her eyes, where roses and white lilies flow.
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All our pride is but a jest. None are worst and none are best. Grief and hope and joy and…
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Let now the chimneys blaze And cups o'erflow with wine; Let well-tuned words amaze With harmony divine....
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Never love unless you can bear with all the faults of man!
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Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore.
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Follow thy fair sun, unhappy shadow.
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Beauty is not beauty without love.
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From heav'nly thoughts all true delight doth spring.
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My sweetest Lesbia, let us live and love, And though the sager sort our deeds reprove, Let us not weigh…
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Fain would I wed a fair young man that night and day could please me, When my mind or body…
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Yet I would not die a maid, because I had a mother, As I was by one brought forth, I…
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The man whose silent daysIn harmless joys are spent,Whom hopes cannot delude,Nor sorrow discontent:That man needs neither towersNor armour for…
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