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''O mortal folk, you may behold and see
How I lie here, sometime a mighty knight;
The end of joy and all prosperity
Is death at last, thorough his course and might;''
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Stephen Hawes (1474-1528), British poet. The Pastime of Pleasure (l. 1-4). . .
Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-Co...
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in your mind inwardly despise
The brittle world so full of doubleness,
With the vile flesh, and right soon arise
Out of your sleep of mortal heaviness;
Subdue the devil with grace ...
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Stephen Hawes (1474-1528), British poet. The Pastime of Pleasure (l. 15-19). . .
Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250-1918. Sir Arthur Quiller-...
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