George Peele Quotes

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His golden locks time hath to silver turned; O time too swift, O swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by increasing.

George Peele
Villain, a horse—
Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly,
To swim the river, villain, and to fly.

George Peele
Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen;
Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.

George Peele
Fair and fair, and twice so fair,
As fair as any may be.

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What thing is love?—for (well I wot) love is a thing
It is a prick, it is a sting,
It is a pretty, pretty thing;
It is a fire, it is a coal,
Whose flame creeps in at every hole!

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His helmet now shall make a hive for bees,
And lovers' sonnets turned to holy psalms,
A man-at-arms must now serve on his knees,
And feed on prayers, which are age his alms.

George Peele
My merry, merry, merry roundelay
Concludes with Cupid's curse:
They that do change old love for new,
Pray gods, they change for worse!

George Peele
Goddess, allow this aged man his right,
To be your beadsman now that was your knight.

George Peele
Honour, the spur that pricks the princely mind,
To follow rule and climb the stately chair.

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God in the whizzing of a pleasant wind Shall march upon the tops of mulberry trees.

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Fair maid, white and red,
Comb me smooth, and stroke my head;
And every hair a sheave shall be,
And every sheave a golden tree.

George Peele