Thomas Carew Quotes

Then fly betimes, for only they / Conquer Love that run away. - Thomas Carew

Here lies a King that ruled, as he thought fit, / The universal monarchy of wit. - Thomas Carew

He that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from starlike eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away. - Thomas Carew

Good to the poor, to kindred dear, / To servants kind, to friendship clear, / To nothing but herself severe. - Thomas Carew

Give me more love or more disdain; / The torrid or the frozen zone. - Thomas Carew

Ask me no more where Jove bestows, / When June is past, the fading rose; / For in your beauty's orient deep / These flowers, as in their causes, sleep. - Thomas Carew

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