Drayton

Famous quotes containing the word drayton:

    For that fine madness still he did retain
    Which rightly should possess a poet’s brain.
    —Michael Drayton (1563–1631)

    Dear, why should you command me to my rest,
    When now the night doth summon all to sleep?
    Methinks this time becometh lovers best;
    Night was ordained together friends to keep.
    How happy are all other living things,
    Which though the day disjoin by several flight,
    The quiet evening yet together brings,
    And each returns unto his love at night.
    —Michael Drayton (1563–1631)

    If he from heaven that filched that living fire
    Condemned by Jove to endless torment be,
    I greatly marvel how you still go free
    That far beyond Prometheus did aspire
    —Michael Drayton (1563–1631)