Death & Dying
Faire England gaue me breeding, birth, and name
From A Strappado for the Divell (1615)
Death & Dying
Faire England gaue me breeding, birth, and name,
Ierusalem was th'place where I did ayme,
But loe my Sauiours graue I could not see,
For my owne graue was made in Italy.
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Brathwaite, Richard. “Faire England gaue me breeding, birth, and name.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/54/.
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Brathwaite, Richard. “Faire England gaue me breeding, birth, and name.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/54/.
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