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Andrew Marvell Quotes (1621-1678)
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About Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell (March 31, 1621 β August 16, 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, and the son of an Anglican clergyman. As a metaphysical, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert. He was the first assistant of John Milton.
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β...the inglorious arts of peace...β
βOrange bright,
Like golden lamps in a green light.β
Like golden lamps in a green light.β
βThis indigested vomit of the Sea,
Fell to the Dutch by Just Propriety.β
Fell to the Dutch by Just Propriety.β
βNo creature loves an empty space;
Their bodies measure out their place.β
Their bodies measure out their place.β
βTo make a bank was a great plot of state;
Invent a shovel, and be a magistrate.β
Invent a shovel, and be a magistrate.β
βThe world in all doth but two nations bear —
The good, the bad; and these mixed everywhere.β
The good, the bad; and these mixed everywhere.β
βMy love is of a birth as rare
As 'tis for object strange and high;
It was begotten by Despair
Upon Impossibility.β
As 'tis for object strange and high;
It was begotten by Despair
Upon Impossibility.β
βAs lines, so loves oblique may well
Themselves in every angle greet;
But ours so truly parallel,
Though infinite, can never meet.β
Themselves in every angle greet;
But ours so truly parallel,
Though infinite, can never meet.β
βTherefore the love which us doth bind,
But Fate so enviously debars,
Is the conjunction of the mind,
And opposition of the stars.β
But Fate so enviously debars,
Is the conjunction of the mind,
And opposition of the stars.β
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βYe country comets, that portend No war nor princes' funeral Shining unto no other end Than to presage the grass's fall.β
Andrew Marvell on Gardens 2 quotes
βHow well the skilful Gardner drew Of flowβrs and herbs this Dial new; Where from above the milder Sun Does through a fragrant Zodiack run; And, as it works, thβ industrious Bee Computes its time as well as we. How could such sweet and wholsome Hours Be reckonβd but with herbs and flowβrs!β
Andrew Marvell on Peace
βIn the inglorious arts of peace.β
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βAnnihilating all that's made To a green thought in a green shade.β
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Andrew Marvell on Oliver Cromwell
βSo restless Cromwell could not cease In the inglorious Arts of Peace, But through adventrous war, Urged his active star... To ruine the great work of time, And cast the kingdom old Into another Mold...β
About Andrew Marvell
Andrew Marvell (March 31, 1621 β August 16, 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, and the son of an Anglican clergyman. As a metaphysical, he is associated with John Donne and George Herbert. He was the first assistant of John Milton.