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DEFENSE AGAINST CHARGE OF PLAGIARISM, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The envious age, only to me alone
Last Line: To speak the truth, although believed too late.
Alternate Author Name(s): Killegrew, Anne
Subject(s): Plagiarism


The envious age, only to me alone,
Will not allow what I do write my own;
But let them rage, and 'gainst a maid conspire,
So deathless numbers from my tuneful lyre
Do ever flow; so Phoebus, I by thee
Inspired divinely, and possest may be;
I willingly accept Cassandra's faith,
To speak the truth, although believed too late.





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