George Chapman The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron
Act III, scene i; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
The Conspiracy and Tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron (1608)
“Only one ship is seeking us, a black-
Sailed unfamiliar, towing at her back
A huge and birdless silence. In her wake
No waters breed or break.”
— Philip Larkin, book The Less Deceived
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That bends, but never breaks.
It sighs when summer jilts her,
It sings when April wakes. So you, who come a-smiling
With summer in your eyes,
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The moment you take wing.
But not, my friend, for breaking
While there's another spring.
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