George Peele Quotes

George Peele delivers lofty verses on aging, love and youthful change, inviting readers to feel the rush of time.

10 quotes

1. Villain, a horse-- Villain, I say, give me a horse to fly, To swim the river, villain, and to fly.

2. His golden locks time hath to silver turned; O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst time and age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain; youth waneth by encreasing.

3. His helmet now shall make a hive for bees, And lovers' songs be turned to holy psalms; A man-at-arms must now serve on his knees, And feed on prayers, which are old age's alms.

4. My merry, merry, merry roundelay Concludes with Cupid's curse: They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse!

5. Fair maid, white and red, Comb me smooth, and stroke my head; And every hair a sheave shall be, And every sheave a golden tree.

6. God in the whizzing of a pleasant wind Shall march upon the tops of mulberry trees.

7. Honour, the spur that pricks the princely mind, To follow rule and climb the stately chair.

8. Beauty, strength, youth, are flowers but fading seen; Duty, faith, love, are roots, and ever green.

9. Live or die, sink or swim.

10. Parish me no parishes.