“Why doth IT so and so, and ever so,
This viewless, voiceless Turner of the Wheel?”
Pt. I, forescene, Spirit of the Pities
The Dynasts (1904–1908)
The Definition of Love (1650-1652)
“Why doth IT so and so, and ever so,
This viewless, voiceless Turner of the Wheel?”
Pt. I, forescene, Spirit of the Pities
The Dynasts (1904–1908)
“See, the night doth enfold us! See, all the world lies sleeping!”
Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) Italian composer
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678) English metaphysical poet and politician
The Definition of Love (1650-1652)
William Hope Hodgson book The Night Land
Source: The Night Land (1912), Chapter 17 (closing words)
“It's the wheel of the world - turning around.”
Carrie Underwood (1983) American country music singer
From Wheel of the World from the album Carnival Ride (2007). [Misattributed: performer not credited as writer.]
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649) British writer
The Problem http://www.bartleby.com/40/197.html.
“How use doth breed a habit in a man!”
William Shakespeare The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Valentine, Act V, scene iv.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1590–1)
“Fair is his end who loving well doth die.”
Bernardo Dovizi (1470–1520) Italian cardinal and playwright
Act I, scene II. — (Lidio).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 254.
La Calandria (c. 1507)