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Is not short paine well borne, that brings long ease,And layes the soul to sleepe in quiet grave?Sleepe after toyle, port after stormie seas,Ease after warre, death after life does greatly please.

Edmund Spenser

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Edmund Spenser
Died: 1599
Died: January 13
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London
England
Edmund Spencer
Life
Short
Port
Please
Greatly
Death
Grave
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Graves
Soul
Ease
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Well
Sea
Borne
Long
Quiet
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