Sir Walter Raleigh

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    “There is nothing exempt from the peril of mutation; the earth, heavens, and whole world is thereunto subject.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552–1618)

    “Our noble King, King Henery the eighth,
    Ouer the riuer of Thames past hee.”
    —Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

    English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)

    “A stroke of the pen is better than a stroke of the sword, no?”
    —Ernest Pascal, and Walter Lang. Wilhelm (Stanley Andrews)

    “And when I’m introduced to one
    I wish I thought What Jolly Fun!”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1861–1922)