drive-by quote
Sep. 6th, 2011 06:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ariadnes_stringIn such a scorching age as this
Who would not ever seek a shade,
Deserve their happiness to miss,
As having their own peace betrayed.
But we (of one another's mind
Assured) the boisterous world disdain;
With quiet souls and unconfined
Enjoy what princes wish in vain.
"A Retired Friendship, to Ardelia," Katherine Philips, 1667.
Who would not ever seek a shade,
Deserve their happiness to miss,
As having their own peace betrayed.
But we (of one another's mind
Assured) the boisterous world disdain;
With quiet souls and unconfined
Enjoy what princes wish in vain.
"A Retired Friendship, to Ardelia," Katherine Philips, 1667.
