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Were I as base as is the lowly plain,
And you, my Love, as high as heaven above,
Yet should the thoughts of me your humble swain
Ascend to heaven, in honour of my Love.
Joshua Sylvester
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And look upon you with ten thousand eyes
Till heaven wax'd blind, and till the world were done.
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The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
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Joshua Sylvester
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Born:
1563
Died:
September 28, 1618
(aged 55)
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Josuah Sylvester was an English poet.
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