Top 25 Quotes by Edmund Waller of 58

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.

The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.

Edmund Waller

Lying, Humble, Larks

Edmund Waller, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller: Collated with the Best Editions”

Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade And keeps that palace of the soul serene.

Edmund Waller

Soul, Tea, Doe

Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical works, ed. by R. Bell”, p.211

Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.

Edmund Waller

Rain, Shepherds, Sailor

Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.68

Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.

Edmund Waller

Muse, Rapture, Conqueror

'Panegyric to My Lord Protector' 46

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

Edmund Waller

Men, Stronger, Weakness

'On the Foregoing Divine Poems' l. 18

To love is to believe, to hope, to know; 'Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!

Edmund Waller

Life, Believe, Love Is

Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham (1857). “The poetical works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham”, p.184

Ingenious to their ruin, every age improves the art and instruments of rage.

Edmund Waller

Art, War, Age

Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works of Edmund Waller. Edited by Robert Bell”, p.190

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.

Edmund Waller

Love, Life, Angel

Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham (1857). “The poetical works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham”, p.184

All things but one you can restore; the heart you get returns no more.

Edmund Waller

Heart, Return, All Things

Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham, Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon (1822). “The Poems of Edmund Waller ...”, p.247

For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love. While I listen to thy Voice.

Edmund Waller

Love, Blessed, Voice

Edmund Waller, Percival Stockdale (1772). “The Works of Edmund Waller: Esq., in Verse and Prose”, p.61

Fade, flowers, fade! Nature will have it so; 'tis but what we in our autumn do.

Edmund Waller

Flower, Autumn, Fades

Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.228

Poets lose half the praise they should have got, Could it be known what they discreetly blot.

Edmund Waller

Should Have, Half, Improvement

Edmund Waller, Sir John Denham, Wentworth Dillon Earl of Roscommon (1822). “The Poems of Edmund Waller ...”, p.150

But virtue too, as well as vice, is clad in flesh and blood.

Edmund Waller

Blood, Vices, Flesh

Edmund Waller, John Denham (sir.) (1857). “The poetical works of Edmund Waller and sir John Denham, with mem. and critical dissertation by G. Gilfillan”, p.98

When religion doth with virtue join, it makes a hero like an angel shine.

Edmund Waller

Hero, Angel, Shining

Virtue's a stronger guard than brass.

Edmund Waller

Stronger, Virtue, Brass

Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works of Edmund Waller. Edited by Robert Bell”, p.226

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

Edmund Waller

Slender, Strings, Humans

Edmund Waller (1729). “The works of Edmund Waller, Esqr., in verse and prose”, p.9

The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends.

Edmund Waller

Our World, Thrones, Fabric

Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.54

Poets that lasting marble seek, Must come in Latin or in Greek.

Edmund Waller

Latin, Greek, Poet

"Of English Verse". Poem by Edmund Waller (1668); later published in George Gilfillan "Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham", 1857.

Music so softens and disarms the mind That not an arrow does resistance find.

Edmund Waller

Arrows, Mind, Doe

Edmund Waller, Elijah Fenton (1796). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Waller. From Mr. Fenton's Quarto Edition, 1729. With the Life of the Author ... Embellished with Superb Engravings [including a Portrait.]”, p.39

Consent in virtue knit your hearts so fast, That still the knot, in spite of death, does last; For as your tears, and sorrow-wounded soul, Prove well that on your part this bond is whole, So all we know of what they do above, Is that they happy are, and that they love. Let dark oblivion, and the hollow grave, Content themselves our frailer thoughts to have; Well-chosen love is never taught to die, But with our nobler part invades the sky.

Edmund Waller

Life, Heart, Dark

Edmund Waller (1854). “Poetical Works of Edmund Waller. Edited by Robert Bell”, p.115