Thomas Flatman

"Kings should disdain to die, and only disappear."

"There’s an experienced rebel, Time, And in his squadrons Poverty; There’s Age that brings along with him A terrible artillery: And if against all these thou keep’st thy crown, Th’usurper Death will make thee lay it down."

"How happy a thing were a wedding, And a bedding, If a man might purchase a wife For a twelvemonth and a day; But to live with her all a man’s life, For ever and for aye, Till she grow grey as a cat, Good faith, Mr. Parson, I thank you for that!"