Edmund Waller Quotes - Page 2

• If its length be not considered a merit, it hath no other.

  Edmund Waller

  Art, Entertainment, Merit

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• Happy is she that from the world retires, and carries with her what the world admires.

  Edmund Waller

  World, Admire, Retiring

  Edmund Waller, Elijah Fenton (1772). “The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq. in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton. (Observations on some of Mr. Waller's poems.) L.P.”, p.187

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• Seeming devotion does but gild a knave,
  That's neither faithful, honest, just, nor brave;
  But where religion does with virtue join,
  It makes a hero like an angel shine.

  Edmund Waller

  Hero, Angel, Shining

  Edmund Waller, Elijah Fenton (1796). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller. From Mr. Fenton's Quarto Edition, 1729. With the Life of the Author ... Embellished with Superb Engravings [including a Portrait.]”

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• Soft words, with nothing in them, make a song.

  Edmund Waller

  Canción

  Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham (1857). “The poetical works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham”, p.158

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• He that alone would wise and mighty be,Commands that others love as well as he.Love as he lov'd! - How can we soar so high?-He can add wings when he commands to fly.Nor should we be with this command dismay'd;He that examples gives will give his aid:For he took flesh, that where his precepts fall,His practice, as a pattern, may prevail.

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  Wise, Fall, Practice

  Edmund Waller (1730). “The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose”, p.184

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• The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!

  Edmund Waller

  Passion, Wind, Sea

  Edmund Waller (1744). “Sammlung”, p.201

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• The rising sun complies with our weak sight, First gilds the clouds, then shows his globe of light At such a distance from our eyes, as though He knew what harm his hasty beams would do.

  Edmund Waller

  Distance, Eye, Clouds

  Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham (1857). “The poetical works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham”, p.146

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• 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 their friends abandoned soul and all.

  Edmund Waller

  Soul, Zealous, Too Much

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• His kingdom come!" For this we pray in vain,
  Unless He does in our affections reign.
  How fond it were to wish for such a King,
  And no obedience to his sceptre bring,
  Whose yoke is easy, and His burthen light;
  His service freedom, and His judgments right.

  Edmund Waller

  Kings, Light, Wish

  Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.252

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• Otros pueden usar el océano como su camino; sólo los ingleses hacen de él su morada.

  Edmund Waller

  Ocean, Use, May

  'Of a War with Spain' l. 25

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• Gods, that never change their state, vary oft their love and hate.

  Edmund Waller

  Hate, Never Change, States

  Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical works, ed. by R. Bell”, p.111

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• In other things the knowing artist may Judge better than the people; but a play, (Made for delight, and for no other use) If you approve it not, has no excuse.

  Edmund Waller

  Artist, Play, Knowing

  Edmund Waller, Elijah Fenton (1796). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller. From Mr. Fenton's Quarto Edition, 1729. With the Life of the Author ... Embellished with Superb Engravings [including a Portrait.]”

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• Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired.

  Edmund Waller

  Light, Suffering, Retired

  'Go Lovely Rose!'

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• 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 draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.

  Edmund Waller

  Time, Home, Dark

  'On the Foregoing Divine Poems' l. 18

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• To man, that was in th' evening made,
  Stars gave the first delight;
  Admiring, in the gloomy shade,
  Those little drops of light.

  Edmund Waller

  Estrellas, Hombres, Luz

  Edmund Waller (1779). “The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson”, p.121

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• So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.

  Edmund Waller

  Should, Mould, Vulgar

  Edmund Waller (1722). “Poems ... Fifth edition, with several additions never before printed”, p.139

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• 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.

  Edmund Waller

  Sweet, Time, Rose

  "Go, Lovely Rose!" l. 1 (1645)

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• What use of oaths, of promise, or of test, where men regard no God but interest?

  Edmund Waller

  Men, Promise, Tests

  Edmund Waller, John Denham (sir.) (1857). “The poetical works of Edmund Waller and sir John Denham, with mem. and critical dissertation by G. Gilfillan”, p.181

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• El destino de esa águila y el mío son uno, Que, en el asta que le hizo morir, Espió una pluma suya, Con la que solía volar tan alto.

  Edmund Waller

  Fate, Eagles, Made

  Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works of Edmund Waller”, p.143

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• While we converse with her, we mark
  No want of day, nor think it dark.

  Edmund Waller

  Dark, Thinking, Want

  Edmund Waller, Elijah Fenton (1772). “The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq. in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton. (Observations on some of Mr. Waller's poems.) L.P.”, p.83

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• Bajo el trópico se habla nuestra lengua, Y parte de Flandes ha recibido nuestro yugo.

  Edmund Waller

  Art, Yoke, Language

  'Upon the Death of the Lord Protector' l. 21

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• Thrice happy is that humble pair, Beneath the level of all care! Over whose heads those arrows fly, Of sad distrust and jealousy.

  Edmund Waller

  Humble, Arrows, Levels

  Edmund Waller, Elijah Fenton (1772). “The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq. in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton. (Observations on some of Mr. Waller's poems.) L.P.”, p.53

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• Y a medida que la pálida enfermedad invade, Tu parte más frágil, las brechas hechas, En ese hermoso alojamiento aún más claro, Haz que el invitado brillante, tu alma, aparezca.

  Edmund Waller

  Soul, Doe, Guests

  Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham, Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon (1822). “The Poems of Edmund Waller ...”, p.100

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• Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.

  Edmund Waller

  Circles, Rounds

  Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham, Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon, Samuel Johnson (1822). “The Poems of Edmund Waller”, p.19

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• Lampoons, like squibs, may make a present blaze; but time and thunder pay respect to bays.

  Edmund Waller

  May, Pay, Satire

  Edmund Waller (1806). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller ...”, p.105

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