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George Gascoigne Quotes

d. 1577 England

George Gascoigne (c. 1535 – October 7, 1577) was an English poet, playwright, translator and prose writer. He has been credited as the first English writer of comedy in vernacular prose, of original fiction in vernacular prose, of poetry criticism, and of war reporting.

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And castels buylt above in lofty skies,
Which never yet had good foundation.

Suffiseth this to proove my theame withall,
That every bullet hath a lighting place.

Full many wanton babes have I,
Which must be stilld with lullabie.

A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres (1573)

Sing lullabie, as women do,
Wherewith they bring their babes to rest;
And lullabie can I sing to,
As womanly as can the best.

A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres (1573)

There's nobody at home
But Jumping Joan,
And father and mother and I.

Tale of Ieronimi (1577)

And mo the merier is a Prouerbe eke.

The crafty courtiers with their guileful looks
Must needs put some experience in my maw

The Raynbowe bending in the skye,
Bedeckte with sundrye hewes,
Is lyke the seate of God on hye,
And seemes to tell these newes:
That as thereby he promised,
To drowne the worlde no more,
So by the bloud whiche Christe hath shead,
He will oure health restore.

A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres (1573)

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