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Robert Wever Quotes

b. 1550 England

Robert Wever (fl. c. 1550) was an English poet of the 16th century about whom little biographical information has survived. His poem, often titled by its refrain, "In Youth is Pleasure", from his only known work An Enterlude called Lusty Juventus (1557), is a popular and remembered anthology piece, and has been several times set to music.

England
Poets

Also known as: Wever, Robert

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For as much as man is naturally prone.
To evil from his youth, as scripture doth recite,
It is necessary that he be spedely withdrawen,
Frome concupiscence of syn, his naturall appetite,
And ordre to bryng up youth, Ecclesiasticus doth writ[e],
An untamed horse, wyl be harde saith he,
And a wanton chylde wilfull wyl be.

An Enterlude called lusty Juventus (1565)

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