I Loved a Lass; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 390.
Famous George Wither Quotes
“And he that gives us in these days
New Lords may give us new laws.”
Contented Man’s Morrice; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“And I oft have heard defended,—
Little said is soonest mended.”
The Shepherd’s Hunting (printed 1615); reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Shepherd's Resolution; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "If she undervalue me, What care I how fair she be?", Sir Walter Raleigh, Poem.
“Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance.”
Poem on Christmas; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Hang sorrow! care will kill a cat,
And therefore let ’s be merry.”
Poem on Christmas; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Hang sorrow! care ’ll kill a cat", Ben Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, Act i. Sc. 3.
“Though I am young, I scorn to flit
On the wings of borrowed wit.”
The Shepherd’s Hunting (printed 1615); reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).