George Peele quotes
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“His golden locks Time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing.”
-- George PeeleSource : 'Polyhymnia' (1590) ad fin. 'Sonnet'
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“My merry, merry, merry roundelay Concludes with Cupid's curse, They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse!”
-- George PeeleSource : Robert Greene, George Peele, Alexander Dyce (1861). “The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Robert Greene & George Peele”, p.355
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“Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.”
-- George PeeleSource : 'Polyhymnia' (1590) ad fin. 'Sonnet'
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“God in the whizzing of a pleasant wind Shall march upon the tops of mulberry trees.”
-- George PeeleSource : George Peele (1829). “The Works of George Peele: David and Bethsabe. Battle of Alcazar. Device of the pageant borne before Woolstone Dixi. Descensus Astrææ. A farewell to Sir John Norris and Sir Francis Drake, &c., and a Tale of Troy. Polyhymnia. The honour of the Garter. Misc”, p.62
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“Parish me no parishes.”
-- George PeeleSource : George Peele, Patricia Binnie (1980). “The Old Wives Tale”, p.64, Manchester University Press
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“Honour, the spur that ***** the princely mind, To follow rule and climb the stately chair.”
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“Fair maid, white and red, Comb me smooth, and stroke my head; And every hair a sheave shall be, And every sheave a golden tree.”
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“Honour, the spur that pricks the princely mind, To follow rule and climb the stately chair.”
-- George PeeleSource : Robert Greene, George Peele (1861). “The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Robert Greene and George Peele: With Memoirs of the Authors and Notes”, p.421
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