Edmund Waller was an English poet and politician. His reputation has declined since his death but at one point his work was considered to be highly influential and was commonly read. He was admired by other poets of his time and was described by Francis Atterbury as the “Parent of English Verse.”
‘Go, Lovely Rose’ by Edmund Waller is addressed to a sweet and wonderours rose being sent to a speaker’s object of affection.
Go, lovely rose!
Tell her that wastes her time and me,
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
‘The Self Banished’ by Waller is an exploration of love’s pain and the sacrifice of staying away to preserve a solemn promise.
It is not that I love you less
Than when before your feet I lay,
But to prevent the sad increase
Of hopeless love, I keep away.
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