“The marigold, whose courtier's faceEchoes the sun, and doth unlaceHer at his rise, at his full stopPacks and shuts up her gaudy shop.”Help us translate this quoteJohn Cleveland On Phillis, Walking before Sunrise.
“Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom;Not made him wander, but continued him home.”Help us translate this quoteJohn Cleveland The Rebel Scot (1647).
“Like an ambassador that beds a queenWith the nice caution of a sword between.”Help us translate this quoteJohn Cleveland The Antiplatonic (1653).
“He that to ancient wreaths can bring no moreFrom his own worth, dies bankrupt on the score.”Help us translate this quoteJohn Cleveland The Times.
