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"The majesty and riches of the mind,
But dwell in darkness; for your God is blind."
George Chapman (1559?-1634), British poet. A Coronet for His Mistress Philosophy (l. 13-14). . .
Sonnet, The; an Anthology. Robert M. Bender and Charles L. Squier, eds. (1987) Washington Square Press/Pocket Books. |
"I know an Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion."
George Chapman c. 1559-1634, British dramatist, poet, translator. repr. In Plays and Poems of George Chapman: The Tragedies, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (1910). Archbishop of Cologne, in Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany, act 1, sc. 2, l. 208-9 (1654).
on the proposal to make Richard, Earl of Cornwall, Holy Roman Emperor. The ascription of the play to Chapman has been questioned. |
"Who to himself is law, no law doth need, Offends no law, and is a king indeed."
George Chapman (c. 1559-1634), British dramatist, poet, translator. repr. In Plays and Poems of George Chapman: The Tragedies, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (1910). Bussy d'Ambois, in Bussy d'Ambois, act 2, sc. 1, l. 203-4 (1607, rev. 1641).
Addressing Henry III of France, in self-vindication after killing two men in a quarrel. |
"Pure innovation is more gross than error."
George Chapman (1559-1634), British dramatist, poet, translator. King Henry, in Bussy D'Ambois, act 1, sc. 2, l. 38 (1607). |
"We have watered our houses in Helicon."
George Chapman (c. 1559-1634), British dramatist, poet, translator. repr. In Plays and Poems of George Chapman: The Comedies, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (1914). Lodovico, in May-Day, act 3, sc. 3, l. 9-10 (1611).
refers to a mountain-range in Boeotia (central Greece), sacred to the Muses. The line has often appeared with horses printed for "houses." |
"And let a scholar all earth's volumes carry,
He will be but a walking dictionary:
A mere articulate clock."
George Chapman (1559-1634), British dramatist, poet, translator. The Tears of Peace, l. 530-2 (1609). |
"For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still."
George Chapman (c. 1559-1634), British dramatist, poet, translator. repr. In Plays and Poems of George Chapman: The Comedies, ed. Thomas Marc Parrott (1914). Vandome, in Monsieur d'Olive, act 5, sc. 1, l. 8-9 (1606).
Proposing to distract the countess Marcellina from her melancholy. |
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