Campion

Famous quotes containing the word campion:

    Yet them nor peer nor prince can buy,
    Till ‘Cherry-ripe’ themselves do cry.
    —Thomas Campion (1567–1620)

    And every sea-god pays a gem,
    Yearly out of his watery cell,
    To deck great Neptune’s diadem.
    —Thomas Campion (1567–1620)

    Now you courtly dames and knights,
    That study only strange delights,
    Though you scorn the home-spun gray
    And revel in your rich array;
    Though your tongues dissemble deep
    And can your heads from danger keep:
    Yet for all your pomp and train,
    Securer lives the silly swain.
    —Thomas Campion (1567–1620)