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Quotes by Sir William Davenant
of 1820 of the 1657 edition). For angling-rod he took a sturdy oak; For line, a cable that in storm ne'er broke; His hook was such as heads the end of pole To pluck down house ere fire consumes it whole; This hook was bated with a dragon's tail,- And then on rock he stood to bob for whale.— filed under Angling
The lark now leaves his watery nest, And climbing, shakes his dewy wings. He takes your window for the East And to implore your light he sings.— filed under Birds-Lark
The monument of vanished mindes.— filed under Books
Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know. C.— filed under Knowledge
But ask not bodies (doomed to die), To what abode they go; Since knowledge is but sorrow's spy, It is not safe to know.— filed under Futurity