English Verse

Famous quotes containing the words english and/or verse:

“I framed to the harp
Many an English ditty lovely well.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Thy spotless Muse, like Mary, did contain
The boundless Godhead; she did well disdain
That her eternal Verse employ’d should be
On a less subject than Eternitie;”
—Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)