Edmund Waller

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

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.

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

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

Under the tropic is our language spoke, And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke.

The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. ...

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

The fear of God is freedom, joy, and peace; And makes all ills that vex us here to cease.

Virtue's a stronger guard than brass.

To man, that was in th' evening made, Stars gave the first delight; Admiring, in the gloomy shade, T ...

His kingdom come!" For this we pray in vain, Unless He does in our affections reign. How fond it wer ...

Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.

“So must the writer, whose productions should Take with the vulgar, be of vulgar mould.”

“How small a part of time they share,That are so wondrous sweet and fair!”

“The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed,Lets in new light through chinks that time has made ...