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William Habington Quotes

Time! where didst thou those years inter Which I have seene decease?

Time! where didst thou those years inter Which I have seene decease?

William Habington
Carpe Diem, Years, Carpe
William Habington (1948). “Poems”

The stars, bright sentinels of the skies.

William Habington
Stars, Sky, Sentinels

I hate the countrie's dirt and manners, yet I love the silence; I embrace the wit; A courtship, flowing here in full tide. But loathe the expense, the vanity and pride. No place each way is happy.

William Habington
Country, Hate, Pride

As yourselves your empires fall, and every kingdom hath a grave.

William Habington
Fall, Kingdoms, Empires
William Habington, “Nox Nocti Indicat Scientiam”

No distinction is 'tween man and man, But as his virtues add to him a glory Or vices cloud him.

William Habington
Men, Clouds, Vices

He who is good is happy.

William Habington
Happiness
William Habington, Sir Charles Abraham Elton (1812). “Castara: With a Preface and Notes”, p.147

My soule her wings doth spread And heaven-ward flies, Th' Almighty's Mysteries to read In the large volumes of the skies.

William Habington
Sky, Wings, Heaven
William Habington (2015). “Castara: The Third Edition of 1640; Edited and Collated with the Earlier Ones of 1634, 1635”, p.120, WESTMINSTER A. CONSTABLE AND CO

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