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Those that were up themselves, kept others low Those that were low themselves, held others hard He suffered them to ryse or greater grow But every one did strive his fellow down to throw.

Edmund Spenser

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Edmund Spenser
Died: 1599
Died: January 13
Poet
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London
England
Edmund Spencer
Grow
Fellow
Grows
Fellows
Greater
Held
Others
Throw
Hard
Lows
Every
Kept
Strive
Ambition
Suffered

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