Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller, FRSwas an English poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1679. He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. He entered Parliament early and was at first an active member of the opposition. In 1631 he married a London heiress who died in 1634. Later he became a Royalist, and in 1643 was leader in a plot to seize London for Charles I. For this he was imprisoned,...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth3 March 1606
our-world thrones fabric
The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends.
wise fall practice
He that alone would wise and mighty be,Commands that others love as well as he.Love as he lov'd! - How can we soar so high?-He can add wings when he commands to fly.Nor should we be with this command dismay'd;He that examples gives will give his aid:For he took flesh, that where his precepts fall,His practice, as a pattern, may prevail.
rain sailor shepherds
Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain.
muse rapture conqueror
Illustrious acts high raptures do infuse, And every conqueror creates a muse.
soul tea vapour
Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
lying humble nests
The lark that shuns on lofty boughs to build, Her humble nest, lies silent in the field.
judgment though
Though with judgment we on things reflect,/ Our will determines, not our intellect.
happy
So all we know of what they do above, Is that they happy are, and that they love.
soul palaces
And keeps the palace of the soul.