30 Quotes by Michael Drayton

O blessed bounty, giving ail content! The only fautress of all noble arts That lend'st success to every good intent. A grace that rests in the most godlike hearts, By heav'n to none but happy souls infus'd Pity it is, that e'er thou wast abus'd.

It is your virtue, being men, to try; And it is ours, by virtue to deny.

With much we surfeit; plenty makes us poor.

When Time shall turne those Amber Lockes to Gray.

WhenTime shall turn those amber locks to grey, My verse again shall gild and make them gay.

All transitory titles I detest; a virtuous life I mean to boast alone. Our birth's our sires'; our virtues be our own.

And Queens hereafter shall be glad to live / Upon the alms of thy superfluous praise.

Since there’s no help, come let us kiss and part.

When faith is kneeling by his bed of death, And innocence is closing up his eyes, Now if thou would’st, when all have given him over, From death to life, thou might’st him yet recover.