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If Eve did err, it was for knowledge’ sake, / The fruit being fair per — Emilia Lanier

"If Eve did err, it was for knowledge’ sake, / The fruit being fair persuaded him to fall."
If Eve did err, it was for knowledge’ sake, / The fruit being fair persuaded him to fall.
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Emilia Lanier
Emilia Lanier
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Emilia Lanier was an English writer and poet during the Elizabethan period. Her 1611 volume Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum has been seen as protofeminist. She has a claim to be one of the first women poets with a substantial body of commercially-published work in the English language.

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Emilia Lanier was an English writer and poet during the Elizabethan period. Her 1611 volume Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum has been seen as protofeminist. She has a claim to be one of the first women poets with a substantial body of commercially-published work in the English language.

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