Edmund Waller Quotes
English - Poet March 3, 1606 - October 21, 1687

Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
Edmund Waller

Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Edmund Waller

A narrow compass! and yet there Dwelt all that 's good, and all that 's fair; Give me but what this riband bound, Take all the rest the sun goes round.
Edmund Waller

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above.
Edmund Waller

All human things Of dearest value hang on slender strings.
Edmund Waller