John Lyly quotes
John Lyly was an English writer, dramatist, and literary critic of the Renaissance period. His works, including the prose romance "Euphues," greatly influenced the development of English prose style and theater. He contributed significantly to Elizabethan drama and is remembered as a pioneer of courtly literary fashion. Here are 39 of his quotes:
Cupid and my Campaspe play'd
At cards for kisses-Cupid paid:
He stakes his quiver, bow, and arrows,
His mother's doves, and team of sparrows;
Loses them too; then down he throws
The coral of his lips, the rose
Growing one's cheek (but none knows how);
With these, the crystal of his brow,
And then the dimple of his chin:
All these did my Campaspe win.
At last he set her both his eyes-
She won, and Cupid blind did rise.
O Love! has she done this for thee?
What shall, alas! become of me?
John Lyly
