Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden

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Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden

Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden KB, English poet, was the eldest son of Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux and his second wife, Anne Green, daughter of Sir Thomas Green, Lord of Nortons Green, and Joan Fogge. He was educated at Cambridge University. His mother was the maternal aunt of queen consort Catherine Parr, while his wife, Elizabeth Cheney, was her paternal cousin through Catherine's father's sister, Anne Parr.

Born: April 25, 1509
I loathe that I did love, In youth that I thought sweet
The wrinkles in my brow, The furrows in my face, Say, limping age will lodge him now Where youth must give him place.
My lusts they do me leave,
My fancies all be fled,
And tract of time begins to weave
Grey hairs upon my head. — © Thomas Vaux, 2nd Baron Vaux of Harrowden
My lusts they do me leave, My fancies all be fled, And tract of time begins to weave Grey hairs upon my head.
For age with stealing steps Hath clawed me with his crutch
My hand and pen are not in plight, As they have been of yore.
As ye of clay were cast by kind, So shall ye waste to dust.
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