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I envy no man's nightingale or spring; nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, who plainly say, my god, my king.
-George Herbert
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I Envy No Man's Nightingale Or Spring;

George Herbert
I envy no man's nightingale or spring; nor let them punish me with loss of rhyme, who plainly say, my god, my king.
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