"Brache" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of reason, thrall to foolish ire, I walk and chase a savage fairy still, Now near the flood, straight on the mounting hill, Now midst the woods of youth, and vain desire. For leash I bear a cord of careful grief; For brach I lead an over-forward mind; My hounds are thoughts, and rage despairing blind, Pain, cruelty, and care without relief. But they perceiving that my swift pursuit My flying fairy cannot overtake, With open mouths their prey on me do make, Like hungry ...
— Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles - Phillis - Licia • Thomas Lodge and Giles Fletcher |
