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For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow Or weigh the light that in the east doth rise Or weigh the thought that from man's mind doth flow.

Edmund Spenser

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Edmund Spenser
Died: 1599
Died: January 13
Poet
Translator
London
England
Edmund Spencer
Take
Blow
Mind
East
Weigh
Men
Flow
Doth
Wind
Winds
Wise
Folly
Heaven
Rise
Light
Reflection
Thought
Thou

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