Francis Beaumont Quotes

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Daisies smell-less, yet most quaint,
And sweet thyme true,
Primrose, first born child of Ver,
Merry Spring-time's harbinger.

Francis Beaumont
Here are sands, ignoble things,
Dropt from the ruined sides of kings;
Here's a world of pomp and state,
Buried in dust, once dead by fate.

Francis Beaumont
Nose, nose, jolly red nose,
Who gave thee this jolly red nose?…
Nutmegs and ginger, cinnamon and cloves,
And they gave me this jolly red nose.

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Mortality, behold and fear!
What a change of flesh is here!
Think how many royal bones
Sleep within this heap of stones:
Here they lie, had realms and lands,
Who now want strength to stir their hands

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She's private to herself and best of knowledge
Whom she'll make so happy as to sigh for.

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My virginity, that from my childhood kept me company, is heavier than I can endure to bear. Forgive me, Cupid, for thou art god, and I a wretched creature: I have sinn'd; but be thou merciful, and grant that yet I may enjoy what thou wilt have me love!

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What things have we seen
Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been
So nimble and so full of subtile flame
As if that every one from whence they came
Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest,
And resolved to live a fool the rest
Of his dull life.

Francis Beaumont
What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that everyone from whence they came, Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And resolv'd to live a fool, the rest Of his dull life.

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Who doubting tyranny, and fainting under Fortune's false lottery, desperately run To death, for dread of death; that soul's most stout, That, bearing all mischance, dares last it out.

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There's nothing that allays an angry mind So soon as a sweet beauty.

Francis Beaumont
As men do walk a mile, women should talk an hour, After supper. 'Tis their exercise.

Francis Beaumont