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Sir John Denham

1615 AD — 1668 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Cooper's Hill
The Sophy
On Mr
Printed page 13 · quotation 16 · Sir John Denham · Cato Major

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01c. 1641 AD

Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber and their gravel gold; His genuine and less guilty wealth t' explore, Search not his bottom, but survey his shore.

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02c. 1641 AD

Oh, could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull; Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full.

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03c. 1641 AD

Actions of the last age are like almanacs of the last year.

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04c. 1641 AD

But whither am I strayed? I need not raise Trophies to thee from other men's dispraise; Nor is thy fame on lesser ruins built; Nor needs thy juster title the foul guilt Of Eastern kings, who, to secure their reign, Must have their brothers, sons, and kindred slain.

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05Undated

The spring, like youth, fresh blossoms doth produce, But autumn makes them ripe and fit for use: So Age a mature mellowness doth set On the green promises of youthful heat.

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06Undated

We may our ends by our beginnings know.

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Sir John Denham

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