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The waters were his winding sheet, the sea was made for his tomb;
Yet for his fame the ocean sea, was not sufficient room.

— Richard Barnfield Epitaph on Hawkins (1595)

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More quotes by Richard Barnfield

King Pandion, he is dead,
All thy friends are lapped in lead.

Poems: In Divers Humours (1598)

If music and sweet poetry agree.

As it fell upon a day
In the merry month of May,
Sitting in a pleasant shade
Which a grove of myrtles made,
Beasts did leap, and birds did sing,
Trees did grow, and plants did spring;
Every thing did banish moan,
Save the nightingale alone.

Poems: In Divers Humours (1598)

If music and sweet poetry agree.
As they must needs (the sister and the brother),
Then must the love be great 'twixt thee and me,
Because thou lov'st the one, and I the other.

Poems: In Divers Humours (1598)

Every one that flatters thee
Is no friends in misery.
Words are easy, like the wind;
Faithful friends are hard to find.
Every man will be thy friend
Whilst thou hast wherewith to spend;
But if store of crowns be scant,
No man will supply thy want.

Poems: In Divers Humours (1598)

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