“Fade, flowers, fade! Nature will have it so; 'tis but what we in our autumn do.”
Book:Poetical works
Quote by Edmund Waller
Work
Poetical works
This compilation includes a diverse range of poems, showcasing the author's poetic style and thematic concerns across various genres and historical periods. more
Author
Edmund Waller
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. more
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“Happy the innocent whose equal thoughts are free from anguish as they are from faults.”
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“Gods, that never change their state, vary oft their love and hate.”
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“But virtue too, as well as vice, is clad in flesh and blood.”
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“Virtue's a stronger guard than brass.”
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“Ingenious to their ruin, every age improves the art and instruments of rage.”
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“With wisdom fraught; not such as books, but such as practice taught.”
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