| 8 Famous Quotes by Edmund Waller
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“That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: To a Lady Singing a Song of his Composing (ep. XIV)
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“All human things
Of dearest value hang on slender strings.”
Worth Quotes Source: Miscellanies (I, l. 163)
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“Tea does our fancy aid,
Repress those vapours which the head invade
And keeps that palace of the soul serene.”
Tea Quotes Source: Of Tea
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“That eagle's fate and mine are one,
Which, on the shaft that made him die,
Espied a feather of his own,
Wherewith he wont to soar so high.”
Eagles Quotes Source: To a Lady Singing a Song of his Composing (ep. XIV)
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“The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build
Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.”
Larks Quotes Source: Of the Queen
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“His love at once and dread instruct our thought;
As man He suffer'd and as God He taught.”
Christ Quotes Source: Of Divine Love (canto III, l. 41)
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“The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er;
So calm are we when passions are no more!”
Passion Quotes Source: On Divine Poems (l. 7)
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“The fear of Hell, or aiming to be blest, Savors too much of private interest. This moved not Moses, nor the zealous Paul, Who for their friends abandoned soul and all.”
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Edmund Waller Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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