Richard Barnfield Professions : Poet Born : 1574 Died : 1620 Browse All Authors Top 10 quotes by Richard Barnfield Love is a fiend, a fire, a heaven, a hell Richard Barnfield pain fire love Money is the sovereign queen of all delights - for her, the lawyer pleads, the soldier fights. Richard Barnfield queens fighting soldier Nothing is more certain than uncertainties: / Fortune is full of fresh variety; / Constant in nothing but inconstancy. Richard Barnfield constant certain fortune All is amiss. Love is dying, faith's defying, heart's denying. Richard Barnfield dying heart love-is He that is thy friend indeed, - He will help thee in thy need: - If thou sorrow, he will weep; - If you wake, he cannot sleep; - Thus of every grief in heart - He with thee doth bear a part. Richard Barnfield grief heart best-friend Gold is a deep-persuading orator. Richard Barnfield persuading orators gold As it fell upon a day Richard Barnfield myrtle sitting may Every one that flatters thee Is no friend in misery. Words are easy, like the wind, Faithful friends are hard to find. Richard Barnfield faithful wind friendship If it be sin to love a lovely lad Richard Barnfield lovely sin lad As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a pleasant shade which a grove of myrtles made. Richard Barnfield month day shade sitting Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
