William Congreve
William Congreve
William Congrevewas an English playwright and poet...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPlaywright
Date of Birth24 January 1670
rise sun thee till
Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise
alluring couch disorder meet rise
Rise to meet him in a pretty disorder - yes- O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch in some confusion.
estate good man sir
If I marry, Sir Sampson, I'm for a good estate with any man, and for any man with a good estate.
pale till veracity
If I have not fretted myself till I am pale again, there's no veracity in me.
heart marry purely rid
I could find it in my heart to marry thee, purely to be rid of thee.
aversion care chiefly impress infancy initiate rudiments sight tender virtue
I chiefly made it my own care to initiate her very infancy in the rudiments of virtue, and to impress upon her tender years a young odium and aversion to the very sight of men.
english-poet
I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where.
left
You were about to tell me something, child, but you left off before you began.
hope prone
I hope you do not think me prone to an iteration of nuptials.
bliss grateful hours oft present though
In hours of bliss we oft have met:They could not always last;And though the present I regret,I'm grateful for the past.
bliss grateful hours oft present though
In hours of bliss we oft have met: They could not always last; And though the present I regret, I'm grateful for the past.
honor enemy half
Honor is a public enemy, and conscience a domestic, and he that would secure his pleasure, must pay a tribute to one and go halves with t'other.
art phrases remnants
Thou art a retailer of phrases, and dost deal in remnants of remnants.
atheist pimp atheism
Turn pimp, flatterer, quack, lawyer, parson, be chaplain to an atheist, or stallion to an old woman, anything but a poet; for a poet is worse, more servile, timorous and fawning than any I have named.