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Subject: SIDNEY, ELIZABETH. COUNTESS OF RUTLAND
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` EPISTLE TO ELIZABETH, COUNTESS RUTLAND, by BEN JONSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Madam, / whilst that for which all virtue now is sold
Last Line: My best of wishes, may you bear a son.
Subject(s): Holidays; New Year; Sidney, Elizabeth. Countess Of Rutland


TO ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF RUTLAND, by BEN JONSON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: That poets are far rarer births than kings
Last Line: As he would burn or better far his book.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets; Sidney, Elizabeth. Countess Of Rutland; Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-1586)