William Drummond Of Hawthornden
William Drummond (13 December 1585 – 4 December 1649), called "of Hawthornden", was a Scottish poet.
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“While Darwinian Man, though well-behaved,
At best is only a monkey shaved!”
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“Property has its duties as well as its rights.”
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“The last and greatest Herald of Heaven’s King,
Girt with rough skins, hies to the deserts wild,
Among that savage brood the woods forth bring,
Which he than man more harmless found and mild.”
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