Quote#Children
The wanton smil'd, father wept
Quote byRobert Greene · 1558–1592
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Menaphon (1589), "Sephestia's Song to her Child", st. 3; Dyce p. 286.
English (original)
The wanton smil'd, father wept, Mother cried, baby lept; More he crow'd, more we cried, Nature could not sorrow hide: He must go, he must kiss Child and mother, baby bless, For he left his pretty boy, Father's sorrow, father's joy.
— Robert Greene
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