The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘La Corona’ (1609) ‘Nativity’
Think then, my soul, that death is but a groom,
Which brings a taper to the outward room.
‘Of the Progress of the Soul: The Second Anniversary’ (1612) l. 85
Her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought,
That one might almost say, her body thought.
‘Of the Progress of the Soul: The Second Anniversary’ (1612) l. 244
I sing the progress of a deathless soul.
‘The Progress of the Soul’ (1601) st. 1
Great Destiny the commissary of God.
‘The Progress of the Soul’ (1601) st. 4
So, of a lone unhaunted place possessed,
Did this soul’s second inn, built by the guest,
This living buried man, this quiet mandrake, rest.
‘The Progress of the Soul’ (1601) st. 16
Nature’s great masterpiece, an elephant,
The only harmless great thing.
‘The Progress of the Soul’ (1601) st. 39
On a huge hill,
Cragged, and steep, Truth stands, and he that will
Reach her, about must, and about must go.
‘Satire’ no. 3 (1594-5) l. 79
Twice or thrice had I loved thee,
Before I knew thy face or name;
So in a voice, so in a shapeless flame,
Angels affect us oft, and worshipped be.
‘Songs and Sonnets’ ‘Air and Angels’
Just such disparity
As is ’twixt air and angels’ purity,
’Twixt women’s love, and men’s will ever be.
‘Songs and Sonnets’ ‘Air and Angels’
All other things, to their destruction draw,
Only our love hath no decay;
This, no tomorrow hath, nor yesterday,
Running it never runs from us away,
But truly keeps his first, last, everlasting day.
‘Songs and Sonnets’ ‘The Anniversary’
Come live with me, and be my love,
And we will some new pleasures prove