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Joshua Sylvester Quotes

1563–1618 England

Joshua Sylvester (1563 – 28 September 1618) was an English poet.

England
Poets
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The poets feign that when the world began,
Both sexes in one body did remain

And look upon you with ten thousand eyes
Till heaven wax'd blind, and till the world were done.

Were you the earth dear love, and I the skies
My love would shine on you like to the sun
And look upon you with ten thousand eyes
Till heaven waxed blind and till the world were done.

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.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joshua Sylvester (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.