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Walter Raleigh on Christmas

1550–1618 England

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Divine is Love and scorneth worldly pelf,
And can be bought with nothing but with self.

If all the world and love were young,
And truth in every shepherd's tongue,
These pretty pleasures might me move
To live with thee and be thy Love. But fading flowers in every field,
To winter floods their treasures yield;
A honey'd tongue, a heart of gall,
Is Fancy's spring, but Sorrow's fall.

The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd (1599)

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