Thomas Carew quotes

Thomas Carew was an English poet and courtier of the 17th century, associated with the Cavalier poets. His elegant love lyrics and sharp wit gained him recognition at the court of Charles I. He is remembered for his lyrical poetry and influential role in early English literature. Here are 9 of his quotes:

Ask me no more, whither do stray The golden atoms of the day; For, in pure love, Heaven did prepare Those, powders to enrich your hair.

Thomas Carew

He that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires,- As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away.

Thomas Carew

Then fly betimes, for only they Conquer Love that run away.

Thomas Carew

But if the envious nymphs shall fear Their beauties will be scorn'd, And hire the ruder winds to tear That face which you adorn'd; Then rage and foam amain, that we Their malice may despise; And from your froth we soon shall see A second Venus rise.

Thomas Carew

Stand still, you floods, do not deface That image which you bear: So votaries, from every place, To you shall altars rear. No winds but lovers' sighs blow here, To trouble these glad streams, On which no star from any sphere Did ever dart such beams.

Thomas Carew

Ask me no more, if cast or west, The phenix builds her spicy nest; For unto you at last she flies, And in your fragrant bosom dies.

Thomas Carew

An untimely grave.

Thomas Carew

Ask me no more, where those stars light, That downwards fall in dead of night; For in your eyes they sit, and there Fixed become, as in their sphere.

Thomas Carew