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Quotes from Mourning Garment — Robert Greene

1558–1592 England

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For kings have often fears when they do sup,
Where shepherds dread no poison in their cup.

Mourning Garment (1590)

Ah! what is love? It is a pretty thing,
As sweet unto a shepherd as a king;
And sweeter too,
For kings have cares that wait upon a crown,
And cares can make the sweetest love to frown;
Ah then, ah then,
If country loves such sweet desires do gain,
What lady would not love a shepherd swain?

Mourning Garment (1590)

Attribution

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