Unlike my subject now shall be my song;

It shall be witty, and it sha'n't be long.

Earl Of Chesterfield (1694-1773): Impromptu Lines.

She is pretty to walk with,

And witty to talk with,

And pleasant, too, to think on.

Sir John Suckling (1609-1641): Brennoralt. Act ii.

Silence in love bewrays more woe

Than words, though ne'er so witty:

A beggar that is dumb, you know,

May challenge double pity.

Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618): The Silent Lover.