Thomas Nashe is considered the greatest of the English Elizabethan pamphleteers. He was a playwright, poet, and satirist. He is best known for his novel The Unfortunate Traveller.
“Beauty is but a flower
Which wrinkles will devour.”
Source: Summer's Last Will and Testament http://www.elizabethanauthors.com/summ1.htm (1600), lines 1588-1589.
Source: Summer's Last Will and Testament http://www.elizabethanauthors.com/summ1.htm (1600), lines 161-164.
Source: Summer's Last Will and Testament http://www.elizabethanauthors.com/summ1.htm (1600), lines 1590-1594.
“Blest is that government where no art thrives.”
Source: Summer's Last Will and Testament http://www.elizabethanauthors.com/summ1.htm (1600), line 1425.
“From winter, plague, & pestilence, good Lord, deliver us.”
Source: Summer's Last Will and Testament http://www.elizabethanauthors.com/summ1.htm (1600), line 1878.
