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The Conclusion of all.
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haue I sent vnto the Muses hearse,
Whose daies of honour now haue found an end,
To spread therewith this my latest verse,
Whom the vnworthie world too much offend.
Whose daies of honour now haue found an end,
To spread therewith this my latest verse,
Whom the vnworthie world too much offend.
Nor yet because some change-affecting braine
Debas'th the Muses and their sacred hill:
Fault I my selfe as hauing writ in vaine,
Know be I only loue the Musicke skill.
Debas'th the Muses and their sacred hill:
Fault I my selfe as hauing writ in vaine,
Know be I only loue the Musicke skill.
But whether he delight in feates of armes,
Or prouder vaunt the glorie of his race,
Know he I feare not Martiall alarmes,
Nor yeeld a step his friendship to embrace,
Though now in shade I whisper to the winde,
And plaine the Muses can no harbour finde.
Or prouder vaunt the glorie of his race,
Know he I feare not Martiall alarmes,
Nor yeeld a step his friendship to embrace,
Though now in shade I whisper to the winde,
And plaine the Muses can no harbour finde.
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