Emilia Lanier Professions : Poet Born : 1569 Died : 1645 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Emilia Lanier Never shall my sad eyes again behold Those pleasures which my thoughts did then unfold. Emilia Lanier my-thoughts pleasure eye Our mother Eve, who tasted of the tree, Giving to Adam what she held most dear, Was simply good, and had no power to see. Emilia Lanier mother tree giving Not Eve, whose fault was only too much love, Which made her give this present to her dear, That what she tasted he likewise might prove, Whereby his knowledge might become more clear; He never sought her weakness to reprove With those sharp words which he of God did hear; Yet men will boast of knowledge, which he took From Eve's fair hand, as from a learned book. Emilia Lanier men book hands Then let us have our libertyagain, And challenge to yourselves no sovereignty. You came not in the world without our pain, Make that a bar against your cruelty; Your fault being greater, why should you disdain Our being your equals, free from tyranny? Emilia Lanier faults pain challenges But surely Adam cannot be excused; Her fault though great, yet he was most to blame; What weakness offered, strength might have refused, Being lord of all, the greater was the shame. Emilia Lanier faults weakness might Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
