Sir Walter Raleigh

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    “What is our life? a play of passion;
    Our mirth the music of division;
    Our mothers’ wombs the tiring-houses be
    Where we are dressed for this short comedy.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)

    “‘Tirra Tirra,’ by the river
    Sang Sir Lancelot.”
    —Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)

    “If all the world and love were young,
    And truth in every shepherd’s tongue,
    These pretty pleasures might me move
    To live with thee and be thy Love.”
    —Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)