Drayton

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    But when the bowels of the earth were sought,
    And men her golden entrails did espy,
    This mischief then into the world was brought,
    This framed the mint which coined our misery.
    ...
    And thus began th’exordium of our woes,
    The fatal dumb-show of our misery;
    Here sprang the tree on which our mischief grows,
    The dreary subject of world’s tragedy.
    —Michael Drayton (1563–1631)

    Thus am I still provoked to every evil
    By this good wicked spirit, sweet angel devil.
    —Michael Drayton (1563–1631)

    If he from heaven that filched that living fire
    Condemned by Jove to endless torment be,
    I greatly marvel how you still go free
    That far beyond Prometheus did aspire
    —Michael Drayton (1563–1631)