William Warner Quotes

William Warner was an English poet and lawyer.

✵ 1558 – 1609

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William Warner Quotes

“We thinke no greater blisse then such
To be as be we would,
When blessed none but such as be
The same as be they should.”

Albion’s England (published 1612), Book x. chap. lix. stanza 68.

“With that she dasht her on the lippes,
So dyed double red:
Hard was the heart that gave the blow,
Soft were those lips that bled.”

Albion’s England (published 1612), Book viii. chap. xli. stanza 53.

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