Nicholas Breton
Nicholas Breton
Nicholas Breton, English poet and novelist, belonged to an old family settled at Layer Breton, Essex...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
play dancing dancer
Shall we go dance the hay, the hay? Never pipe could ever play Better shepherd's roundelay.
english-poet lark
We rise with the lark and go to bed with the lamb.
heart kissing missing
Shall we go learn to kiss, to kiss? Never heart could ever miss Comfort, where true meaning is.
happiness country heart
Who can live in heart so glad As the merry country lad?
friends assurance foe
Thus much for thy assurance know; a hollow friend is but a hellish foe.
wish want purses
I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of friends, and empty purse.
shoes identity fit
If the shoe fits, wear it.
life men old-love
Much ado there was, God wot; He woold love, and she woold not, She sayd, "Never man was trewe;" He sayes, "None was false to you."
Good wares make good markets.
lambs bed larks
To rise with the lark, and go to bed with the lamb.