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Joshua Sylvester
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Joshua Sylvester (1563-1618). "Were I as base as is the lowly plain"; "They say that shadows of deceased ghosts". "Were I as base as is the lowly plain" ...
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Joshua Sylvester
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Joshua Sylvester. Born: 1563. Birthplace: Kent, England Died: 28-Sep-1618. Location of death: Middelburg, Netherlands Cause of death: unspecified ...
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Literary Encyclopedia: Joshua Sylvester
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Joshua Sylvester (1562 (?)-1618). Translator, Poet. Born 1562 (?); died 1618. ... "Joshua Sylvester". The Literary Encyclopedia. 7 May 2005. ...
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''Were I as base as is the lowly plain,
And you, my Love, as high as heaven above,
Yet should the thoughts of me, your humble swain,
Ascend to heaven in honour of my love.''
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Joshua Sylvester (1561-1618), British poet, translator. Were I as base as is the lowly plain (attributed to Sylvester) (l. 1-4). . .
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Were you the earth, dear Love, and I the skies,
My love should shine on you like to the Sun,
And look upon you with ten thousand eyes,
Till heaven wax'd blind, and till the world were d...
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Joshua Sylvester (1561-1618), British poet, translator. Were I as base as is the lowly plain (attributed to Sylvester) (l. 9-14). . .
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