“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?” IfsLoveMayCareDiesCausesDespairFairsCheeksPaleRosyMead Book:The poetry of George Wither Source: The poetry of George Wither
“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.” ThinkingMindMayShowsMovingLeftBehindsReturnDrinkDustAshesLeft BehindTobaccoDaily Show Author:George Wither
