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THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD: TRANSLATION by CAIUS PEDO ALBINOVANUS

First Line: THE PLANTS AND TREES MADE POOR AND OLD
Last Line: DO PROMISE NATURE'S HELP IN VAIN.

The plants and trees made poor and old
By winter envious,
The springtime bounteous
Covers again from shame and cold;
But never man repaired again
His youth and beauty lost,
Though art, and care, and cost
Do promise nature's help in vain.



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