Henry Wotton Quote

You meaner beauties of the night,
That poorly satisfy our eyes,
More by your number, than your light;
You common people of the skies,
What are you when the moon shall rise?


'On His Mistress, the Queen of Bohemia' (1624)


You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number, than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you...

You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number, than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you...

You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number, than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you...

You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes, More by your number, than your light; You common people of the skies, What are you...