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To his Friend, declaring what vertue it is to stick to former plighted friendship
From Epitaphes, Epigrams, Songs and Sonets (1567)
Relationships
THe sage and Siluer haired Wights doe thinke
A vertue rare not to be proude of mind
When Fortune smiles: nor cowardly to shrink
Though chaūged Chaūce do shew hir self vnkind.
But chiefest praise is to imbrace the man
In welth and wo with whome your loue began.
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Turberville, George. “To his Friend, declaring what vertue it is to stick to former plighted friendship.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/turberville/151/.
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Turberville, George. “To his Friend, declaring what vertue it is to stick to former plighted friendship.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/turberville/151/.
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