Quote#Sadness
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee
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. 1; Dyce p. 286.
English (original)
Weep not, my wanton, smile upon my knee; When thou art old there’s grief enough for thee. Mother's wag, pretty boy. Father's sorrow, father's joy; When thy father first did see Such a boy by him and me, He was glad, I was woe; Fortune changed made him so, When he left his pretty boy, Last his sorrow, first his joy.
— Robert Greene
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