Edward Taylor Quotes

Edward Taylor was of English origin and a colonial American poet, pastor and physician. His work remained unpublished for some 200 years but since then has established him as one of the foremost writers of his time. His poetry has been characterized as "American Baroque" as well as Metaphysical. Wikipedia

✵ 1642 – 29. June 1729

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Edward Taylor Quotes

“Thou sorrow, venom Elfe.
Is this thy play,
To spin a web out of thyselfe
To Catch a Fly?
For Why?
[…]
To tangle Adams race
In's stratigems
To their Destructions, spoil'd, made base
By venom things
Damn'd Sins.”

Edward Taylor

"Upon a Spider Catching a Fly" St. 1 & 8

Flying

“Am I new minted by thy Stamp indeed?
Mine Eyes are dim; I cannot clearly see.
Be thou my Spectacles that I may read
Thine Image and Inscription stampt on mee.”

Edward Taylor

from "Meditation VI (Canticles II:1)"

Reading

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