“ How love makes young men thrall and old men dote; How love is wise in folly, foolish-witty ”
William Shakespeare, Venus and Adonis (1593). copy citation
| Author | William Shakespeare |
|---|---|
| Source | Venus and Adonis |
| Topic | love folly |
| Date | 1593 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Written between 1592 and 1593 |
| Weblink | http://shakespeare.mit.edu/Poetry/VenusAndAdonis.html |
Context
“Passion on passion deeply is redoubled:
'Ay me!' she cries, and twenty times 'Woe, woe!'
And twenty echoes twenty times cry so.
She marking them begins a wailing note
And sings extemporally a woeful ditty;
How love makes young men thrall and old men dote;
How love is wise in folly, foolish-witty:
Her heavy anthem still concludes in woe,
And still the choir of echoes answer so.
Her song was tedious and outwore the night,
For lovers' hours are long, though seeming short:
If pleased themselves, others, they think, delight”
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