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Edmund Waller was a renowned 17th-century English poet, known for his lyrical and satirical poems. His works hold significant地位 in literary history and have had a profound impact on subsequent poets.

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Famous Edmund Waller Quotes

“He that alone would wise and mighty be,Commands that others love as well as he.Love as he lov'd! - How can we soar so high?-He can add wings when he commands to fly.Nor should we be with this command dismay'd;He that examples gives will give his aid:For he took flesh, that where his precepts fall,His practice, as a pattern, may prevail.”

Giving Should Wells May Fall Practice Wise Example Wings Add Patterns Aids Flesh Command Soar Dismay

Book:The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose

Source: The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose

“Give us enough but with a sparing hand.”

Giving Enough Hands

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works

“The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!”

Giving Passion Sea Wind Quiet Calm

Book:Sammlung

Source: Sammlung

“A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.”

Giving Sun Fairs Give Me Bounds Rounds Compass

Book:Sammlung

Source: Sammlung