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William Browne
12 quotes
“Steer, hither steer your wingèd pines, All beaten mariners! Here lie Love’s undiscover’d mines, A prey to passengers.”
William Browne (1590–1645) first seen 1614 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Sirens' Song". St. 1. The Inner Temple Masque (1614) Scene 1
“Come on shore, Where no joy dies till Love hath gotten more.”
William Browne (1590–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother; Death! ere thou hast slain another, Fair and learn'd, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.”
William Browne (1590–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke", first published with the poems of the countess's son William and Sir Benjamin Rudyerd (1660)
“Whose life is a bubble, and in length a span.”
William Browne (1590–1645) first seen 1629 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Compare: Bacon, The World (1629)
“And all the former causes of her moan Did therewith bury in oblivion.”
William Browne (1590–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well-languaged Daniel.”
William Browne (1590–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A heavenly bevy of sweet English dames.”
William Browne (1590–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“For those sacred powers Tread on oblivion; no desert odours Can be entombed in their celestial breasts.”
William Browne (1590–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A rose as fair as ever saw the North, Grew in a little garden all alone: A sweeter flower did Nature ne’er put forth, Nor fairer garden yet was never known.”
William Browne (1590–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies.”
William Browne (1590–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I saw a mushroom stand in haughty pride, As if the lilies grew to be his slaves.”
William Browne (1590–1645) said by 1645 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Did therewith bury in oblivion.”
William Browne (1590–1645) said by 1645 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source