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Vain the ambition of kings Who seek by trophies and dead things To leave a living name behind, And weave but nets to catch the wind.

John Webster

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John Webster
Age: 56 †
Born: 1578
Born: January 1
Died: 1634
Died: January 1
Dramatist
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Poet
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London
England
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Seek
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Wind
Trophies
Dead
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Leave
Vain
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Ambition

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