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TO SIR JOHN SPENSER KNIGHTE, ALDERMAN OF LONDON by RICHARD BARNFIELD

First Line: LED BY THE SWIFT REPORT OF WINGED FAME
Last Line: WHICH SUBSTANCE NOW THIS SHADOW SEEMS TO CRAVE.
Subject(s): WOMEN;
Led by the swift report of winged Fame,
With silver trumpet, sounding forth your name
To you I dedicate this merry Muse,
And for my Patron, I your favour chuse:
She is a Lady, she must be respected:
She is a Queene, she may not be neglected.
This is the shadow, you the substance have,
Which substance now this shadow seems to crave.



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