Edmund Waller Quotes


While we converse with her, we mark
No want of day, nor think it dark.


Citations

Waller, Edmund. "The Night-Piece, or A Picture Drawn in the Dark." The Poems of Edmund Waller, edited by G. Thorn Drury, George Routledge & Sons, 1893, p. 121.

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Edmund Waller
Edmund Waller
  • Born: March 3, 1606
  • Died: October 21, 1687
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Poet, Politician

Edmund Waller, FRS was an English poet and politician who was Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1624 and 1687, and one of the longest serving members of the English House of Commons.