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Greatness is no sure frame to build upon,
No worldly treasure can assure that place;
God makes both even, the Cottage with the Throne.

Emilia Lanier

And since all arts at first from Nature came,
That goodly creature, mother of perfection,
Whom Jove's almighty hand at first did frame,
Taking both her and hers in his protection:
Why should not she now grace my barren muse,
And in a woman all defects excuse.

Emilia Lanier

The walks put on their summer liveries,
And all things else did hold like similes:
The trees with leaves, with fruits, with flowers clad,
Embrac'd each other, seeming to be glad.

Emilia Lanier

Emilia Lanier

Emilia Lanier

Born: 1569

Died: 1645 (aged 76)

Bio: Emilia Lanier, also spelled Lanyer, was the first Englishwoman to assert herself as a professional poet through her single volume of poems, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum.

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