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George Chapman on Valentine's Day

d. 1634 England

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9 quotes

I tell thee Love is Nature's second sun,
Causing a spring of virtues where he shines.

All Fools (1605)

Love calls to war;
Sighs his alarms,
Lips his swords are,
The field his arms.

Hero and Leander (1600)

The blest gods do not love
Ungodly actions; but respect the right,
And in the works of pious men delight.

Homer's Odysses (1614)

None ever loved but at first sight they loved.

The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (1596)

Exceeding fair she was not; and yet fair
In that she never studied to be fairer
Than Nature made her; beauty cost her nothing,
Her virtues were so rare.

All Fools (1605)

True courtiers should be modest, and not nice;
Bold, but not impudent; pleasure love, not vice.

Bussy D'Ambois (1607)

The isle Ææa, where the palace stands
Of the early riser, with the rosy hands,
Active Aurora; where she loves to dance.

Homer's Odysses (1614)

Love's special lesson is to please the eye.

Hero and Leander (1600)

Love is a golden bubble, full of dreams,
That waking breaks, and fills us with extremes.

Hero and Leander (1600)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: George Chapman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.