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OBSERVATIONS IN THE ART OF ENGLISH POESY: 4 by THOMAS CAMPION

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First Line: GREATEST IN THY WARS
Last Line: WORTHY HALF THY FAME.
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS;

@3Greatest in thy wars,
Greater in thy peace,
Dread Elizabeth;
Our muse only truth,
Figments cannot use,
Thy rich name to deck
That itself adorns:
But should now this age
Let all poesy feign,
Feigning poesy could
Nothing feign at all
Worthy half thy fame.@1



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