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Fain would I, but I dare not I dare, and yet I may not I may, although I care not, for pleasure when I play not.

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Walter Raleigh
Died: 1618
Died: October 29
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A wandering minstrel I A thing of shreds and patches Of ballads, songs and snatches And dreamy lullaby!
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