SIR HENRY WOTTON
790 Upon the Death of Sir Albert
Morton's Wife
"E first deceased; she for a little tried
. To live without him, liked it not, and died.
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��SIR JOHN DA VIES 797 Man
KNOW my soul hath power to know all things, Yet she is blind and ignorant in all. I know I'm one of Nature's little kings, Yet to the least and vilest things am thrall.
I know my life 's a pain and but a span; I know my sense is mock'd in everything, And, to conclude, I know myself a Man Which is a proud and yet a wretched thing.
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��SIR ROBERT AYTON 792 To His Forsaken "Mistress
DO confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee, Had 1 not found the slightest prayer
That lips could move, had power to move thee; But I can let thee now alone As worthy to be loved by none.
I do confess thou'rt sweet, yet find
Thee such an unthrif t of thy sweets, Thy favours are but like the wind
That kisseth everything it meets:
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