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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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All Doe Light Soul Made May Virtue Men Should Angel Dark Fairs Giving Knows Time World Art Chinks Dies Life Love

Famous Edmund Waller Quotes

“Poets may boast (as safely-vain) Their work shall with the world remain: Both bound together, live, or die, The verses and the prophecy. But who can hope his lines shou'd long Last, in a daily changing tongue? While they are new, envy prevails, And as that dies, our language fails.”

World May Long Together Lasts Dies Language Lines Failing Poet Bounds Tongue Envy Vain Verses Prophecy Boast

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“Happy is she that from the world retires, and carries with her what the world admires.”

World Admire Carrie Retiring

Book:The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq. in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton. (Observations on some of Mr. Waller's poems.) L.P.

Source: The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq. in verse and prose. Published by Mr. Fenton. (Observations on some of Mr. Waller's poems.) L.P.

“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

“The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends.”

World Ends Whole Creation Depends Chains Fixed Our World Links Fabric Thrones

Book:Poetical works

Source: Poetical works