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    From David More@21:1/5 to All on Fri May 19 09:15:14 2023
    I've been trying to identify the author of the following verses without success. Any suggestions as to who the author and his "worthy friend" might be?

    As in the night, when Phoebus is gone downe,
    The starres with twinkling lamps his absence shonne,
    So in this age, when learnings golden sunne
    Is set, and knowledges faire lamp decayes,
    These few poore verses, as dim starres, may raise
    Some sparkes of knowledge in your learned eyes.

    Accept them, then, most worthy friend of mine,
    As a true tribute of my zeale and loue,
    And in their worth esteeme the zeale alone,
    Which in the same doth speake, and not the lynes.

    If you can help, thank you!

    dave

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  • From Margaret@21:1/5 to David More on Sat May 20 00:03:26 2023
    On Friday, 19 May 2023 at 17:15:15 UTC+1, David More wrote:
    I've been trying to identify the author of the following verses without success. Any suggestions as to who the author and his "worthy friend" might be?

    As in the night, when Phoebus is gone downe,
    The starres with twinkling lamps his absence shonne,
    So in this age, when learnings golden sunne
    Is set, and knowledges faire lamp decayes,
    These few poore verses, as dim starres, may raise
    Some sparkes of knowledge in your learned eyes.

    Accept them, then, most worthy friend of mine,
    As a true tribute of my zeale and loue,
    And in their worth esteeme the zeale alone,
    Which in the same doth speake, and not the lynes.

    If you can help, thank you!

    dave

    You?

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