Top 8 Quotes by George Wither

Night begins to muffle up the day.

George Wither

Night

George Wither (1622). “The uncompleted edition of Wither's poems, ed. by J.M. Gutch. 4 vols”, p.116

Little said is soonest mended.

George Wither

Gossip, Littles, Said

Shepherd's Hunting, 1615.

Shall I, wasting in despair,Die because a woman's fair?Or make pale my cheeks with care,'Cause another's rosy are?Be she fairer than the day,Or the flowery meads in May,If she be not so to me,What care I how fair she be?

George Wither

Love, Despair, Care

George Wither (1968). “The poetry of George Wither”, Ams Pr Inc

Christmas Pie Lo! now is come our joyfull'st feast! Let every man be jolly; Each room with ivy leaves is dressed, And every post with holly. Now all our neighbours' chimneys smoke, And Christmas blocks are burning; Their ovens they with bakemeats choke, And all their spits are turning. Without the door let sorrow lie, And if for cold it hap to die, We'll bury it in a Christmas pie, And ever more be merry.

George Wither

Lying, Block, Men

Lustful Desire (although 'twere rather fit To some brute creature to attribute it) Shall be presented in the second place, Because it shrouds a vile deformed face Beneath love's vizard, and assumes that name, Hiding its own fault with the other's blame.

George Wither

Names, Lust, Desire

George Wither (1839). “Poems ...”, p.21

I loved a lass, a fair one,As fair as e'er was seen;She was indeed a rare one,Another Sheba queen:But, fool as then I was,I thought she loved me too:But now, alas! she's left me,Falero, lero, loo!

George Wither

Queens, Fool, Inconstancy

George Wither, “I Loved A Lass”