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"Greatness is no sure frame to build upon, No worldly treasure can assure that place; God makes both even, the Cottage with the Throne."
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Emilia Lanier"If Eve did err, it was for knowledge’ sake, / The fruit being fair persuaded him to fall."
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.
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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