Not That The Earth Doth Yield In Hill Or Dale, In Forest Or In Field, A Rarer Plant.

To man the earth seems altogether No more a mother, but a step-dame rather.
-- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Third Day...
Or savage beasts upon a thousand hils.
-- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Third Day...
The will for deed I doe accept.
-- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Week, Third Day, Part ii...
With tooth and nail. -- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Day
For where 's the state beneath the firmament That doth excel the bees for government?
-- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Fifth Day, Part i...
Through thick and thin, both over hill and plain.
-- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Week, Fourth Day, Book iv...
Only that he may conform To tyrant custom.
-- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Week, Third Day, Part ii...
Soft carpet-knights, all scenting musk and amber.
-- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Week, Third Day, Part i...
Will change the pebbles of our puddly thought To orient pearls.
-- Du Bartas (1544-1590) -- Divine Weekes and Workes, Second Week, Third Day, Part i...