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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HIS LOVE ADMITS NO RIVAL, by WALTER RALEIGH Poet's Biography
First Line: Shall I, like a hermit, dwell
Last Line: What care I how rich it be?
Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter
First Line: Shall I, like a hermit, dwell
Last Line: What care I how rich it be?
Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter
SHALL I, like a hermit, dwell
On a rock, or in a cell,
Calling home the smallest part
That is missing of my heart,
To bestow it where I may
Meet a rival every day?
If she undervalue me,
What care I how fair she be?
Were her tresses angel gold,
If a stranger may be bold,
Unrebuked, unafraid,
To convert them to a braid,
And with little more ado
Work them into bracelets too;
If the mine be grown so free,
What care I how rich it be?
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