George Wither Quotes

• 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

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• Little said is soonest mended.

  George Wither

  Gossip, Littles, Said

  Shepherd's Hunting, 1615.

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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”

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• Lastly, the ashes left behind,
  May daily show to move the mind,
  That to ashes and dust return we must:
  Then think, and drink tobacco.

  George Wither

  Moving, Thinking, Dust

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• Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat,And therefore let 's be merry.

  George Wither

  Cat, Sorrow, Care

  George Wither (1840). “Fair Virtue, the Mistress of Phil'arete: The Shepherd's Hunting”, p.187

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