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As soon Seek roses in December, ice in June; Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff; Believe a woman or an epitaph, Or any other thing that 's false, before You trust in critics.
As soon Seek roses in December, ice in June; Hope constancy in wind, or corn in chaff; Believe a woman or an epitaph, Or any other thing that 's false, before You trust in critics.
Approximate author period: c. 1806 AD · industrial
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- Lord Byron
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- Approximate author period: c. 1806 AD · industrial
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- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers. Line 75.
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