Quote#Nature
Fair Summer droops, droop men and beasts therefore
Quote byThomas Nashe · 1567–1601
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Summer's Last Will and Testament (1600), Lines 105–110.
English (original)
Fair Summer droops, droop men and beasts therefore: So fair a summer look for never more. All good things vanish, less than in a day, Peace, plenty, pleasure, suddenly decay. Go not yet away, bright soul of the sad year; The earth is hell when thou leav'st to appear.
— Thomas Nashe
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