Quote#Nature
For though the poet's matter nature be
Quote byBen Jonson · 1572–1637
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: To the Memory of My Beloved, the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare (1618), Lines 55 - 70.
English (original)
For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion. And that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat
— Ben Jonson
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That old bald cheater, Time.
Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears: Yet, slower, yet; O faintly, gentle springs: List to the heavy part the music bears, Woe weeps out her division, when she sings. Droop herbs, and flowers, Fall grief in showers,
Queen and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright.
True happiness Consists not in the multitude of friends, But in the worth and choice.
There shall be no love lost.
Of all wild beasts preserve me from a tyrant; and of all tame, a flatterer.