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TO THE EARLE OF WESTMORELAND, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: When my date's done, and my gray age must die
Last Line: Shor'd up by you, (brave earle of westmoreland.)
Subject(s): Aging


When my date's done, and my gray age must die;
Nurse up, great Lord, this my posterity:
Weak though it be; long may it grow, and stand,
Shor'd up by you, (Brave Earle of Westmoreland.)





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