John Cleveland



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.