Quote#Wisdom
His drinke, the running streame, his cup, the bare
Quote byThomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset · 1536–1608
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Induction (1563), Line 264, p. 320.
English (original)
His drinke, the running streame, his cup, the bare Of his palme cloasde, his bed, the hard cold ground: To this poore life was Misery ybound.
— Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset
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