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"More rich, more noble I will ever hold The Muses laurel, than a crown of gold."
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Anne KilligrewThe bloody wolf, the wolf does not pursue; — Anne Killigrew
"The bloody wolf, the wolf does not pursue; The boar, though fierce, his tusk will not embrue In his own kind, Bears, not on bears do prey: Then art thou, man, more savage far than they."
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Anne Killigrew
Anne Killigrew
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Anne Killigrew (1660–1685) was an English poet and painter, described by contemporaries as "A Grace for beauty, and a Muse for wit." Born in London, she and her family were active in literary and court circles. Killigrew's poems were circulated in manuscript and collected and published posthumously in 1686 after she died from smallpox at age 25. They have been reprinted several times by modern sch
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"I willingly accept Cassandras fate, To speak the truth, although believd too late."
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"We are Diana’s virgin train, Descended of no mortal strain: Our bows and arrows are our goods, Our palaces the lofty woods. * * * If you ask where such wights do dwell, In what blest clime, that so excel, The poets only that can tell."
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"What ever happy region is thy place, Cease thy celestial song a little space; (Thou wilt have time enough for hymns divine, Since Heavns eternal year is thine.)"
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"Art she had none, yet wanted none: For Nature did that want supply."
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