John Cleveland (16 June 1613 – 29 April 1658) was an English poet.
Quotes
- Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom;
Not made him wander, but continued him home.- The Rebel Scot (1647).
- Like an ambassador that beds a queen
With the nice caution of a sword between.- The Antiplatonic (1653).
- He that to ancient wreaths can bring no more
From his own worth, dies bankrupt on the score.- The Times.
- The marigold, whose courtier's face
Echoes the sun, and doth unlace
Her at his rise, at his full stop
Packs and shuts up her gaudy shop.- On Phillis, Walking before Sunrise.
External links
- The Works of Mr. John Cleveland (1687) — full text online at GoogleBooks.
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