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Alexander Brome Quotes

What art thou, life, that we, must court thy stay? A breath one single gasp must puff away! A short-lived flower, that with the day must fade! A fleeting vapor, and an empty shade! A stream that silently but swiftly

What art thou, life, that we, must court thy stay? A breath one single gasp must puff away! A short-lived flower, that with the day must fade! A fleeting vapor, and an empty shade! A stream that silently but swiftly glides To meet eternity's immeasured tides! A being, lost alike by pain or joy? A fly can kill it, or a worm destroy! Impair'd by labor, and by ease undone, Commenced in tears, and ended in a groan.

Alexander Brome
Life, Art, Pain

Something there is moves me to love, and I Do know I love, but know not how, nor why.

Alexander Brome
Love, Moving, Knows
Alexander Brome (1668). “Songs and other poems”, p.24

A poem's life and death dependeth still Not on the poet's wits, but reader's will.

Alexander Brome
Life And Death, Poet, Wit

I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.

Alexander Brome
Years, Debt, Drink
'Songs and Other Poems' (2nd ed., 1664) pt. 1 'The Mad Lover'

'Twas drink made me fall in love, And love made me run into debt, And though I have struggled and struggled and strove, I cannot get out of them yet.

Alexander Brome
Running, Falling In Love, And Love
Alexander Brome, “The Mad Lover”

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