Thomas Wilson

“Poor queen, so that thy state might be no worse,
I would my skill were subject to thy curse.
Here she did fall a tear; here in this place
I'll set a bank of rue, sour herb of grace.
Rue, even for ruth, here shortly shall be seen,
In the remembrance of a weeping queen.”
― William Shakespeare, Richard II

“Eyes, life, world, heavens, hell, night, and day,
See, search, show, send some man, some mean, that may -
[A letter falleth]”
― Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedie

“And in this torment, comfort find I none
But that I feel the crown upon my head.
And therefore let me wear it yet awhile.”
― Christopher Marlowe, Edward II

“But grieve not, while thou stayest,
My last disastrous times:
Think we have had a clear and glorious day
And Heaven did kindly to delay the storm,
Just till our close of evening.”
― John Dryden, All for Love