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And now, when I have summed up all my store, Thinking (so I myself deceive) So rich a chaplet thence to weave As never yet the King of Glory wore, Alas! I find the serpent old, That, twining in his speckled breast, About the flowers disguised does fold With wreaths of fame and interest.

Andrew Marvell

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Andrew Marvell
Age: 57 †
Born: 1621
Born: March 31
Died: 1678
Died: August 16
Poet
Politician
Satirist
Writer
Andrew Marvell
Thinking
Fame
Breast
Weave
Flower
Alas
Disguised
Glory
Breasts
Fold
Rich
Store
Serpent
Twining
Interest
Stores
Deceive
Speckled
Doe
Flowers
Folds
Thence
Find
King
Wore
Wreaths
Never
Kings
Deceiving
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