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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

“What use of oaths, of promise, or of test, where men regard no God but interest?”

Men Use Interest Promise Tests Regard Oath

Book:The poetical works of Edmund Waller and sir John Denham, with mem. and critical dissertation by G. Gilfillan

Source: The poetical works of Edmund Waller and sir John Denham, with mem. and critical dissertation by G. Gilfillan

“The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made. Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home: Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.”

Men World Made Soul Home Light Time Dark Views Eternal Draws Weakness Eternity Stronger Leaving Decay Wiser Threshold Cottages Chinks

Author:Edmund Waller

“His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught.”

Men Suffering Fear Taught Dread Our Thoughts His Love

Book:The poetical works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham

Source: The poetical works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham

“To man, that was in th' evening made, Stars gave the first delight; Admiring, in the gloomy shade, Those little drops of light.”

Men Firsts Littles Made Light Stars Delight Evening Shade Gloomy Admiring

Book:The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson

Source: The Works of the English Poets. With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Samuel Johnson

“Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.”

Men Weakness Stronger Wiser Chinks

Author:Edmund Waller