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Thomas Flatman Quotes

How happy a thing were a wedding, And a bedding, If a man might purchase a wife For a twelvemonth and a day

How happy a thing were a wedding, And a bedding, If a man might purchase a wife For a twelvemonth and a day

Thomas Flatman
Marriage, Men, Wife
Thomas Flatman (1682). “Poems and songs”, p.99

Sit the comedy out, and that done, when the Play's at an end, let the Curtain fall down.

Thomas Flatman
Death, Fall, Play
Thomas Flatman (1686). “Poems and songs”, p.131

Thoughts! what are they? They are my constant friends, who, when harsh fate its dull brow bends, uncloud me with a smiling ray, and in the depth of midnight force a day.

Thomas Flatman
Fate, Rays, Depth
Thomas Flatman (1686). “Poems and songs”, p.66

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