Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English poet Thomas Flatman.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Thomas Flatman was an English poet and miniature painter. There were several editions of his Poems and Songs (1674). One of his self-portraits is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. A portrait of Charles II is in the Wallace Collection, London. His miniatures are noted for their vitality.
How happy a thing were a wedding,
And a bedding,
If a man might purchase a wife
For a twelvemonth and a day
Sit the comedy out, and that done, when the Play's at an end, let the Curtain fall down.
Thoughts! what are they? They are my constant friends, who, when harsh fate its dull brow bends, uncloud me with a smiling ray, and in the depth of midnight force a day.