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My wealth is health and perfect ease My conscience clear my chief defence I neither seek by bribes to please, Nor by deceit to breed offence. Thus do I live thus will I die. Would all did so well as I!

Edward Dyer

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Edward Dyer
Age: 64 †
Born: 1543
Born: January 1
Died: 1607
Died: January 1
Poet
Politician
Glastonbury
Somerset
Wealth
Chiefs
Clear
Ease
Bribes
Dies
Thus
Bribe
Perfect
Conscience
Offence
Live
Seek
Breed
Wells
Neither
Defence
Well
Please
Deceit
Would
Health
Chief

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The little smiling cottage! where at eve He meets his rosy children at the door, Prattling their welcomes, and his honest wife, With good brown cake and bacon slice, intent To cheer his hunger after labor hard.
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