Frases de John Cleveland

“The marigold, whose courtier's face
Echoes the sun, and doth unlace
Her at his rise, at his full stop
Packs and shuts up her gaudy shop.”

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John Cleveland

On Phillis, Walking before Sunrise.

“Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom;
Not made him wander, but continued him home.”

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The Rebel Scot (1647).

“Like an ambassador that beds a queen
With the nice caution of a sword between.”

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The Antiplatonic (1653).

“He that to ancient wreaths can bring no more
From his own worth, dies bankrupt on the score.”

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The Times.