Wither

Famous quotes containing the word wither:

“Shall I, wasting in despair,
Die because a woman’s fair?
Or make pale my cheeks with care
‘Cause another’s rosy are?”
—George Wither (1588–1667)

“Lovely enchanting language, sugar-cane,
Honey of roses, wither wilt thou fly?”
—George Herbert (1593–1633)

“We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.”
—Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)