Elizabeth Grimston

Elizabeth Grimston (also Grymeston or Grimeston; c. 1563 – c. 1603) was an English poet. Quotes Miscelanea. Meditations. Memoratives Miscelanea. Meditations. Memoratives (London: Melch. Bradwood for William Aspley, 1640) Crush the serpent in the head, Break ill egs yer they be hatched. Kill bad chickens in the tread, Fledge[d] they hardly can be catched. In the rising stifle ill, Lest it grow against thy will. Epistle Our best life is to die well: for living here we enjoy nothing: things past are dead and gone: things present are alwayes ending: things future alwayes beginning: while we live we die; and we leave dying, when we leave living. Ch. 4 There be foure good mothers have foure bad daughters: Trueth hath Hatred; Prosperity hath Pride; Security hath Perill; and Familiarity hath Contempt. Ch. 20 A faire woman is a paradise to the eye, a purgatorye to the purse, and a hell to the soule. Ch. 20 External links Category:1560s births Category:1600s deaths Category:Poets from England Category:Women born before the 19th century Category:Women authors from England