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The marigold, whose courtier's face
Echoes the sun, and doth unlace
Her at his rise, at his full stop
Packs and shuts up her gaudy shop.
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Had Cain been Scot, God would have changed his doom
Nor forced him wander, but confined him home.
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He that to ancient wreaths can bring no more
From his own worth, dies bankrupt on the score.
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Like an ambassador that beds a queen
With the nice caution of a sword between.
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage
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Born:
June 16, 1613
Died:
April 29, 1658
(aged 44)
Bio:
John Cleveland was an English poet.
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