Poets lose half the praise they should have got,
Could it be known what they discreetly blot.
Edmund Waller Quotes
1606–1687 England
Edmund Waller (March 3, 1606 – October 21, 1687) was an English poet.
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Also known as: Waller, Edmund
40 quotes
For all we know
Of what the blessed do above
Is, that they sing, and that they love.
To love is to believe, to hope, to know;
'Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!
The yielding marble of her snowy breast.
Love only enters as a native there,
For born in heav'n, it does but sojourn here.
Of Divine Love (1686)
He that alone would wise and mighty be,
Commands that others love as well as he.
Of Divine Love (1686)
Could we forbear dispute, and practise love,
We should agree as angels do above.
Of Divine Love (1686)
How small a part of time they share
That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham (1857)
The King governs by Law. Let us look back to the evils we had, in order to prevent more.
Could we forbear dispute, and practice love,
We should agree as angels do above.
Of Divine Love (1686)
Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham (1857)
Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view,
That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Circles are praised, not that abound
In largeness, but the exactly round.
Long and Short Life Reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)
Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham (1857)
And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
Poets that lasting marble seek
Must come in Latin or in Greek.
Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham (1857)
Under the tropic is our language spoke,
And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Edmund Waller (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.