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Silence in love bewrays more woe Than words, tho' ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, May challenge double pity.
Silence in love bewrays more woe Than words, tho' ne'er so witty; A beggar that is dumb, you know, May challenge double pity.
Approximate author period: c. 1585 AD · renaissance
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- Sir Walter Raleigh
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- Approximate author period: c. 1585 AD · renaissance
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- Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)
Quote1691 · printed citation: SIR WALTER RALEIGH: Silent Lover, St. 6.
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