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5 Thomas Campion Quotes

Thomas Campion writes poetic musings on love and art, inviting quiet contemplation.

Thomas Campion quotes

  1. I care not for these ladies, That must be wooed and prayed; Give me kind Amaryllis, The wanton country maid. Nature art disdaineth; Her beauty is her own.

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  2. Plead, Sleep, my cause, and make her soft like thee, That she in peace may wake and pity me.

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  3. Shall I come, sweet Love, to thee, When the ev'ning beams are set?

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  4. The man whose silent days In harmless joys are spent, Whom hopes cannot delude, Nor sorrow discontent: That man needs neither towers Nor armour for defence, Nor secret vaults to fly From thunder's violence.

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  5. There is a garden in her face Where roses and white lilies blow; A heavenly paradise is that place, Wherein all pleasant fruits do grow; There cherries grow that none may buy, Till Cherry-Ripe themselves do cry.

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