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ON THE DEATH OF THULENE THE KYNGE'S JESTER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Sire, thulene is dead. I have seen his grave
Last Line: But unto poets brynges but emptye coffers.
Subject(s): Courts & Courtiers; Death; Jesters; Dead, The


SIRE, Thulène is dead. I have seen his grave;
Yet mighte you raise him from his coffin narrowe;
Give to the poet what to the fool you gave:
Poet and fool are born of the same marrowe.
One flys ambition and the other flouts;
Both get poor worth for what is in their purses;
Their easye humour quicklye smyles or pouts;
One's speech is heedlesse as the other's verses.
One hath a green head, and the other goes
Clad in a prettye cap of greene and yellowe;
One synges you sonnets whyle the other's toes
Move to the sound of his owne bells, poor fellowe.
In this unlike: Fortune to fools makes offers,
But unto poets brynges but emptye coffers.





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