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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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Every word she writes is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'.
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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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